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tereu (iou)



tereu noun. [ti:'ru:] Chiefly poet. L16.
[Latin, voc. of Tereus, in Greek mythol. the husband of Procne and raper of Philomela (who was changed into a nightingale: the nightingale's song being supposed to perpetuate her reproachful calls).]
Repr. the note supposed to be sung by a nightingale.