Philomel

  • 11philomel — (G). A nightengale …

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  • 12philomel — n.; (also philomela) Nightingale (Luscinia philomela) …

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  • 13philomel — phil·o·mel …

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  • 14philomel — phil•o•mel [[t]ˈfɪl əˌmɛl[/t]] n. Literary. nightingale • Etymology: 1570–80; < L Philomēla < Gk Philómēla Philomela …

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  • 15philomel — /ˈfɪləmɛl/ (say filuhmel) noun Poetic → nightingale. Also, Philomela /fɪləˈmɛlə/ (say filuh meluh). {Middle English, from Latin philomēla, from Greek. See Philomela} …

  • 16philomel —   n. nightingale …

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  • 17philomel — n. (also Philomela) poet. the nightingale. Etymology: earlier philomene f. med.L philomena f. L philomela nightingale f. Gk philomela: cap. with ref. to the myth of Philomela …

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  • 18Milton Babbitt's Philomel — Philomel , a serial composition composed in 1964, combines synthesizer with both live and recorded soprano voice. It is Milton Babbitt’s best known work and was planned as a piece for performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, funded by the… …

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  • 19HMS Philomel (1890) — HMS Philomel was a Pearl class cruiser of the New Zealand Navy from 1914 to 1947.In 1913 the Admiralty agreed to lend HMS Philomel to New Zealand as a seagoing training cruiser to form the nucleus of the newly formed NZ Naval Forces, which was a… …

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  • 20HMNZS Philomel — is the main administrative naval baseof the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally a training base on board the cruiser it takes its name from, it is part of the Devonport Naval Base in North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand.HistoryThe naval base… …

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