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English noun: nightingale | |||
| 1. | nightingale (animal) European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song | ||
| Synonyms | Luscinia megarhynchos | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | thrush | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bulbul | ||
| Member meronym | genus Luscinia, Luscinia | ||
| 2. | Nightingale (person) English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910) | ||
| Synonyms | Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp | ||
| Instance hypernym | nurse | ||
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