Nightingale
Nightingale , noun
[Old English nihtegale,nightingale, Anglo-Saxon nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to English yell; compare Dutch nachtegaal, Old Saxon nahtigala, Old High German nahtigala, German nachtigall, Swedish naktergal, Danish nattergal. See Night, and Yell.]
1.
(Zoology) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird (Luscinia megarhynchos syn. Luscinia luscinia). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song.
2.
(Zoology) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species.