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What is the difference between songbird and nightingale?

songbird | nightingale |

As nouns the difference between songbird and nightingale

is that songbird is a bird having a melodious song or call while nightingale is a European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.

songbird

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bird having a melodious song or call.
  • Synonyms

    * oscine

    Anagrams

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    nightingale

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos , of the family Muscicapidae.
  • Synonyms

    * philomel

    See also

    * thrush nightingale