sand-martin
sand-martin noun: a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family.
Noun
sand-martin (plural sand-martins)
- 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 were as jolly as sand-martins in the heat, quarrelling, scolding, suckling their babies, until the ships in...1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 172
sand-martin meaning in Tamil
sand-martin in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
Forms of sand-martin
| plural | sand-martins |
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Questions about sand-martin
- What does sand-martin mean?
- Sand-martin means a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family.
- What is sand-martin in Tamil?
- Sand-martin in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Sand-martin meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sand-martin?
- Sand-martin is a noun.
- What is the plural of sand-martin?
- The plural of sand-martin is sand-martins.
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