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Philomela

Philˊo-me′la

,
Noun.
[L.
philomela
, Gr.
φιλομήλα
, according to the legend, from
Φιλομήλα
Philomela
(daughter of
Pandion
, king of Athens), who was changed into a nightingale.]
1.
The nightingale; philomel.
Shak.
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of birds including the nightingales.

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