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sand martin
noun
, British.
- the bank swallow.
sand martin
noun
- 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)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sand martin1
First recorded in 1660–70
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Example Sentences
The sand-martin arrives much about the same time with the swallow, and lays, as she does, from four to six white eggs.
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Later in the season its numbers are observed to be greatly increased, and it is joined by the Swift and Sand Martin.
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Another inhabitant of the banks is the sand-martin, which also likes company in the work of raising a family.
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There must be something in the climatic conditions of South India that suits neither this nor the other species of sand-martin.
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The sand-martin, the house-martin's cousin, prefers the side of a cliff.
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