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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sing·ing a. & n. from Sing, v.
 Singing bird. Zool. (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.
 Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes.
 Singing falcon or Singing hawk. Zool. See Chanting falcon, under Chanting.
 Singing fish Zool., a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus), called also midshipman; -- so called because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.
 Singing flame Acoustics, a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon.
 Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music.
 Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing.