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sand martin

sand martin noun: a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Riparia riparia.

sand martin: a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Riparia riparia
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Noun

sand martin (plural sand martins)

  1. A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Riparia riparia.
    • SAND-MARTIN, Shore-bird.1668, John Wilkins, An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, London: Sa. Gellibrand and John Martyn, Part 2, Chapter 5, p. 151
    • The only instance I ever remember where this species haunts any building is at the town of Bishop’s Waltham, in this county, where many sand-martins nestle and breed in the scaffold-holes of the back-wall of William of Wykeham’s stables:1774, Gilbert White, Letter 20 in The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, London: B. White & Son, 1789, p. 175
    Synonyms:
    bank swallow, collared sand martin, European sand martin

sand martin meaning in Tamil

sand martin in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Synonyms of sand martin

Forms of sand martin

pluralsand martins

Words formed from sand martin

  • brown-throated martin
  • pale sand martin

Questions about sand martin

What does sand martin mean?
Sand martin means a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Riparia riparia.
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.

Words near sand martin in the dictionary

  1. sand lettuces
  2. sand lilies
  3. sand lily
  4. sand lizard
  5. sand lizards
  6. sand martin
  7. sand martins
  8. sand mason
  9. sand mason worm
  10. sand mason worms
  11. sand masons

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