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Definition of Thrush nightingale

1. Noun. Large nightingale of eastern Europe.

Definition of Thrush nightingale

1. Noun. A small passerine bird related to nightingale, ''Luscinia luscinia''. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrush Nightingale

Literary usage of Thrush nightingale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1905)
"Hence it is known as the thrush-nightingale, and in Germany as the ... This is the first authenticated occurrence of the thrush-nightingale on our shores. ..."

2. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by Neville Wood, William Holl, Edward Mammatt (1836)
"The greater, or Thrush, Nightingale of Eastern Europe.—Of the Nightingale genus (Philomela), but two species are at present recognized—our bird, ..."

3. A History of British Birds by William YARRELL, Howard Saunders, Alfred Newton (1874)
"18"fi) who applied this name to a very different bird, Mr. Morris hns introduced the "Thrush. Nightingale" to his readers as a British species, ..."

4. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1847)
"Mr. Hancock has in his possession an egg obtained in Northamptonshire, which agrees exactly with the description of the thrush nightingale, but from not ..."

5. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1847)
"Mr. Hancock has in his possession an egg obtained in Northamptonshire, which agrees exactly with the description of the thrush nightingale, but from not ..."

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