nightingale
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.
Other meanings
A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.
Word history
From Old English "nihtegala".
Where this comes from
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