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Fen Nightingale
A frog, which sings at night in the fens, as nightingales sing
in the groves. (See Arcadian Nightingale.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Fen Nightingale from Infoplease:
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