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Nightingale

/nˈaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/
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(noun) A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.

Florence Nightingale is famous as the woman who began professional nursing.
I heard a Japanese nightingale.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The beautiful song of the ____ could be heard throughout the quiet forest.

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