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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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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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