"philomel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: philomels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} philomel (plural philomels)
  1. (poetic) The nightingale. Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-philomel-en-noun-74g6-xcF
  2. A musical instrument similar to the violin, but having four steel-wire strings. Categories (lifeform): Muscicapids
    Sense id: en-philomel-en-noun-iljuu6QE Disambiguation of Muscicapids: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Philomela

Inflected forms

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