Found 2 items, similar to Bank martin.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bank martin
bank martin
n : swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug
in clay or sand banks [syn:
bank swallow,
sand martin,
Riparia riparia]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bank martin
Martin
\Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf.
Martlet.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also
marten.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The American
purple martin, or
bee martin (
Progne subis
or
Progne purpurea), and the European
house martin
, or
window martin (
Hirundo urbica or
Chelidon urbica), are the best known species.
[1913 Webster]
Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under
Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under
Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
[1913 Webster]