Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Philomela \Phil`o*me"la\, n. [L. philomela, Gr. ?, according to
   the legend, from ? Philomela (daughter of Pandion, king of
   Athens), who was changed into a nightingale.]
   1. The nightingale; philomel. --Shak.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds including the nightingales.