sand martin

sand mar·tin

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Definitions of sand martin words

noun sand martin the bank swallow. 1
noun sand martin a small brown European songbird, Riparia riparia, with white underparts: it nests in tunnels bored in sand, river banks, etc: family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins) 0

before 1660

One of the 46% oldest English words

First recorded in 1660-70

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