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fen nightingale

fen nightingale noun: a frog or toad.

Noun

fen nightingale (plural fen nightingales)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A frog or toad.
    • Tom Spence is a dom fule and doesn't know a fen nightingale from a natterjack.1934, Neil Bell, Bredon and Sons, page 15

Forms of fen nightingale

pluralfen nightingales

Origin of fen nightingale

From their continued croaking at night.

Questions about fen nightingale

What does fen nightingale mean?
Fen nightingale means a frog or toad.
What part of speech is fen nightingale?
Fen nightingale is a noun.
What is the plural of fen nightingale?
The plural of fen nightingale is fen nightingales.

Words near fen nightingale in the dictionary

  1. fen goose
  2. fen island
  3. fen islands
  4. fen nettle
  5. fen nettles
  6. fen nightingale
  7. fen nightingales
  8. Fen River
  9. fen-phen
  10. fen/phen
  11. fenadiazole

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