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night-song

night-song noun: the vocalisations of birds, sounds of insects, etc., given at night.

Noun

night-song (plural night-songs)

  1. (literary) The vocalisations of birds, sounds of insects, etc., given at night.
    • The night-song of the crickets was almost done and somewhere on the island a mocking bird bubbled its first notes.1954, Ian Fleming, “Terror By The Sea”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 229

Forms of night-song

pluralnight-songs

Questions about night-song

What does night-song mean?
Night-song means the vocalisations of birds, sounds of insects, etc., given at night.
What part of speech is night-song?
Night-song is a noun.
What is the plural of night-song?
The plural of night-song is night-songs.

Words near night-song in the dictionary

  1. night-shining cloud
  2. night-skies
  3. night-sky
  4. night-soil
  5. night-soils
  6. night-song
  7. night-songs
  8. night-stalker
  9. night-stalkers
  10. night-stand
  11. night-stands

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