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 | ||