nightingale
any of several small, Old World, migratory birds of the thrush family, especially Luscinia megarhynchos, of Europe, noted for the melodious song of the male, given chiefly at night during the breeding season.
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Florence "the Lady with the Lamp", 1820–1910, English nurse: reformer of hospital conditions and procedures; reorganizer of nurse's training programs.
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How to use nightingale in a sentence
The team selected a relatively smooth patch in a crater named nightingale.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx survived its risky mission to grab a piece of an asteroid | Lisa Grossman | October 21, 2020 | Science NewsOSIRIS-REx touched down on a 52-foot-long site called nightingale, within three feet of the landing target.
OSIRIS-REx survived its touchdown on asteroid Bennu—now we wait to see if it got a sample | Neel Patel | October 21, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewBecause nightingale will already have been disturbed by the first touchdown, a second attempt would most likely occur in January at a site called Osprey.
A NASA spacecraft is about to scoop up some asteroid rubble | Neel Patel | October 14, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSo instead, the team has now settled on nightingale, a 52-foot-diameter site sitting inside a crater that’s thought to be well preserved.
A NASA spacecraft is about to scoop up some asteroid rubble | Neel Patel | October 14, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIt just so happens nightingale is one of the darkest areas of Bennu, which means it might be an undisturbed record of some of the most ancient activity in the solar system.
Asteroid Bennu may have been home to ancient water flows | Neel Patel | October 8, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
She reaches across the years, back to A Million nightingale and onward to Take One Candle Light a Room.
Parsons, who preceded Hopper, was Florence nightingale compared to her eventual rival.
Menshikova will do very well; she sings the nightingale song in the second act beautifully.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyAt this rehearsal, then, she would show what she could do; she would look at no one; she would sing like a blind nightingale.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiEvery thing, however, was delightfully clean; and as I lay in my bed, I was serenaded by a nightingale.
Presently, a second nightingale began to answer from a distant tree, and the garden was filled with the wild music.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdThe song of the nightingale in the spring will be the sign of our coming.
Life of Schamyl | John Milton Mackie
British Dictionary definitions for nightingale (1 of 2)
/ (ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl) /
a brownish European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, with a broad reddish-brown tail: well known for its musical song, usually heard at night
any of various similar or related birds, such as Luscinia luscinia (thrush nightingale)
Origin of nightingale
1British Dictionary definitions for Nightingale (2 of 2)
/ (ˈnaɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl) /
Florence, known as the Lady with the Lamp. 1820–1910, English nurse, famous for her work during the Crimean War. She helped to raise the status and quality of the nursing profession and founded a training school for nurses in London (1860)
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