Philomela /(?)/

Phil·o·me·la

Philomela

n.

[L. philomela, Gr. filomh`la, according to the legend, from Filomh`la Philomela (daughter of Pandion, king of Athens), who was changed into a nightingale.]

The nightingale; philomel.
A genus of birds including the nightingales. (Zool.)

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