sand martin

sand martin
the bank swallow.
[1660-70]

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  • Sand martin — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sand martin — Martin Mar tin, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. {Martlet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also {marten}.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sand martin — ► NOUN ▪ a small gregarious swallow with dark brown and white plumage, excavating nest holes in sandy banks near water …   English terms dictionary

  • sand martin — noun swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks • Syn: ↑bank martin, ↑bank swallow, ↑Riparia riparia • Hypernyms: ↑martin • Member Holonyms: ↑Riparia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sand Martin — urvinė kregždė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Riparia Riparia angl. Sand Martin vok. Uferschwalbe …   Paukščių anatomijos terminai

  • sand martin — urvinės kregždės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Riparia angl. sand martin rus. береговая ласточка, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrosios kregždės siauresnis terminas – blyškioji urvinė kregždė siauresnis terminas –… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • sand martin — sand mar·tin || sænd‚mÉ‘rtn / mɑːtɪn n. tiny European songbird that nests in tunnels dug in sand banks (related to the swallow) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sand martin — /ˈsænd matn/ (say sand mahtn) noun a small martin, Riparia riparia, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, which nests in tunnels in banks of sand …  

  • sand-martin — noun a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. But the red light was on the columns of the Parthenon, and the Greek women who were knitting their stockings and sometimes crying to a child to come and have the insects picked from its head… …   Wiktionary

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