sand martin

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sand martin

noun sand martins

A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Riparia riparia. 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.
Similar: bank swallow, collared sand martin, European sand martin

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noun bird

Español	avión zapador, golondrina zapadora
Português	andorinha-das-barreiras
Français	hirondelle de rivage
Deutsch	Uferschwalbe
Italiano	topino
Română	lăstun de mal
Русский	берегову́шка beregovúška, берегова́я ла́сточка beregovája lástočka

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@misc{sand_martin_2026,
  title = {sand martin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sand%20martin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}