Definition of "philomel" []

• A nightingale. (noun)

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• "Then listen to the lamentations of this inspired and afflicted prophet: they are full of deepest pathos, and uttered in notes sweet as the warblings of philomel."
• "Birds worthy the fair name of philomel, since they die thus, of and for the love of melody!"