philomel

noun

1. (poetic)The nightingale.

   “As Philomel in summer's front doth sing.”

   “And lonely Philomel, still waking, sings.”

   “And Philomel becometh dumb.”

2. A musical instrument similar to the violin, but having four steel-wire strings.

name

1. (Greek, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Philomela.

   “Above the antique mantel was displayed / As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene / The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king / So rudely forced; […]”