Japanese nightingale
nounDefinition of Japanese nightingale
: an Asiatic hill tit (Leiothrix lutea) that is chiefly olivaceous brown with a yellow breast and red bill and feet and that is often kept as a cage bird
— called also
Japanese robin
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