noun
nightingales
• Syn: ↑genus Luscinia
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Turdidae, ↑family Turdidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑nightingale, ↑Luscinia megarhynchos, ↑thrush nightingale, ↑Luscinia luscinia
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\\lüˈsinēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, nightingale
: a genus consisting of the nightingales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.