The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nightingale \Night"in*gale\, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS.
nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf.
D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall,
Sw. n[aum]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See Night, and Yell.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
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2. (Zool.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern
Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The
name is also applied to other allied species.
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Mock nightingale. (Zool.) See Blackcap, n., 1
(a) .
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mock \Mock\, a.
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed;
sham.
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That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator.
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Mock bishop's weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous
herbs (Discopleura) growing in wet places.
Mock heroic, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic
poem.
Mock lead. See Blende (
a ).
Mock nightingale (Zool.), the European blackcap.
Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs
(Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled
cymes. Philadelphus coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant
flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless.
Mock sun. See Parhelion.
Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or
other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle
soup.
Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See
Mockado.
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