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nightingale
noun(night-in-gale)
an Old World thrush (Luscinia megarhynchos synonym Erithacus megarhynchos) noted for the sweet usually nocturnal song of the male; also : any of various other birds noted for their sweet song or for singing at night
nightingale
biographical name(night-in-gale)
Florence 1820—1910 English nurse and philanthropist

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