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A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Riparia riparia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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, SAND-MARTIN, Shore-bird.
- 1774, Gilbert White, Letter 20 in The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, London: B. White & Son, 1789, p. 175, 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:
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bank martin, bank swallow, Riparia riparia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: martin
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
oreneta de ribera
— bird
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Catalan:
culblanc de ribera
— bird
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Cherokee:
ᏦᏯᎦ
(tsoyaga)
— bird
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Czech:
břehule
— bird
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Dutch:
oeverzwaluw
— bird
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Esperanto:
bordhirundo
— bird
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Estonian:
kaldapääsuke
— bird
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Finnish:
törmäpääsky
— bird
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French:
hirondelle de rivage
— bird
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German:
Uferschwalbe
— bird
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Hungarian:
partifecske
— bird
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Ingrian:
liivapääskö
— bird
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Ingrian:
savipääskö
— bird
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Irish:
gabhlán gainimh
— bird
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Italian:
topino
— bird
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Old English:
stæ︀︀þswealwe
— bird
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Portuguese:
andorinha-das-barreiras
— bird
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Romanian:
lăstun de mal
— bird
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Russian:
берегову́шка
(beregovúška)
— bird
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Russian:
берегова́я ла́сточка
(beregovája lástočka)
— bird
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Scottish Gaelic:
gobhlan-gainmhich
— bird
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Spanish:
avión zapador
— bird
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Spanish:
golondrina zapadora
— bird
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Swedish:
backsvala
— bird
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Lower Tanana:
cha' nudha
— bird
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Turkish:
kum kırlangıcı
— bird
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Welsh:
gwennol y glennydd
— bird
