| 单词 | house martin |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse martin house martin n. a black-and-white Eurasian songbird of the genus Delichon (family Hirundinidae); esp. D. urbicum, which often builds its mud nest on the walls and eaves of buildings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Delichan (house-martin) martinet1440 martina1525 marlet1530 house martin1767 window swallow1791 window martin1793 eaves-martin1833 1767 G. White Let. 4 Aug. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 28 The swallow and house-martin. 1773 G. White Let. 20 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 162 House-martins are distinguished..by having their legs covered with soft downy feathers down to their toes. 1896 H. Seebohm & R. B. Sharpe Coloured Figures Eggs Brit. Birds 269 The House Martin is generally distributed throughout the British Islands in summer. 1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 29 June in War Diaries (2001) 167 Spent day at home, photographing flycatchers, house martins and young sparrow hawks. 2005 Permaculture Mag. Winter 30 A flock of between 100 and 200 house martins gathered on our roof for two hours. < as lemmas |
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