different between nightingale vs mockingbird

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?t???e?l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, ni?tingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala, nihtegale (“nightingale; night-raven”, literally “night-singer”), from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigal? (“nightingale”), equivalent to night +? gale. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noachtegoal (“nightingale”), Dutch nachtegaal (“nightingale”), German Low German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), Danish nattergal (“nightingale”), Swedish näktergal (“nightingale”), Icelandic næturgali (“nightingale”).

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)

1. A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 5 in the first part of The Last Man

     The oaks around were the home of a tribe of nightingales

Synonyms

• philomel

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Named after Florence Nightingale.

Noun

nightingale (plural nightingales)

1. A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.

Anagrams

• alightening

Middle English

Noun

nightingale

1. Alternative form of nyghtyngale

English

Etymology

From mocking +? bird, from the ability of the birds to mimic sounds and, in some cases, human speech.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?k??b??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?k???b?d/
• Hyphenation: mock?ing?bird

Noun

mockingbird (plural mockingbirds)

1. A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.

   Synonym: mocker

2. (archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)

Usage notes

• The family Mimidae (mimids) also includes thrashers, tremblers, and the New World catbirds.

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Further reading

• mockingbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia