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purple martins

purple martins is the plural of purple martin.

Meaning of purple martin

Noun

purple martin (plural purple martins)

  1. The largest North American swallow, Progne subis.
    • This practice of harbouring and protecting the purple martin does not appear to be of European origin, as the aboriginal Americans had adopted a similar practice from time immemorial.1831, James Rennie, The Architecture of Birds, page 343

Questions about purple martins

What is purple martins the plural of?
Purple martins is the plural of purple martin.

Words near purple martins in the dictionary

  1. purple lettuces
  2. purple loosestrife
  3. purple loosestrifes
  4. purple marshlocks
  5. purple martin
  6. purple martins
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  8. purple milkweed
  9. purple milkweeds
  10. purple monkey dishwasher
  11. purple nasties

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