Definition of Luscinia

1. Noun. Nightingales.

Exact synonyms: Genus Luscinia
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Turdidae, Turdidae
Member holonyms: Luscinia Megarhynchos, Nightingale, Luscinia Luscinia, Thrush Nightingale

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luscinia

Lupinus subcarnosus
Lupinus texensis
Lupus
Lusaka
Lusatia
Lusatian
Lusatian Neisse
Luschka's bursa
Luschka's cartilage
Luschka's cystic glands
Luschka's ducts
Luschka's gland
Luschka's joints
Luschka's ligaments
Luschka's tonsil
Luscinia (current term)
Luscinia luscinia
Luscinia megarhynchos
Luse bodies
Lushootseed
Lushun
Lusitania
Lusitanian
Lusitanians
Luso-
Luso-Hispanic
Lusoga
Lusophone
Lusophones
Lusophonic

Literary usage of Luscinia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"In Persia it is often called the Bulbul-i-hazar dastan, the bulbul of a thousand notes, and its genus, Luscinia, is very closely allied to the email ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Luscinia, Lin.) Enl. 615. 2. Reddish-brown above; whitish-gray underneath, the tail a little more red. Every body knows this songster of the night, ..."

3. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"BRAKE NIGHTINGALE,* Philomela luscinia, SWAINS. Beautiful Nightingale, who shall pourtray All the varying turns of thy flowing lay ! And where is the lyre, ..."

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