nightingale
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Just as the familiar tune “In the Hall of the Mountain King” gradually builds speed “accelerando,” as the compositional notation is known, some birdsong does too, like that of the nightingale.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023
For decades, the "nightingale of Bollywood" was the country's most in-demand singer, with every top actress wanting her to sing their songs.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2022
The nightingale gives its lifeblood to create a perfect red rose.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020
Face masks made of nightingale faeces, used by elite Japanese women for centuries, are one of the stranger beautifying techniques currently resurgent in western salons.
From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019
Pan made the pipe of reeds which can sing as sweetly as the nightingale in spring.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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