| 单词 | sand martin |
| 释义 | > as lemmassand martin sand martin n. a variety of the martin n.4, Riparia riparia, which nests in the side of a sandpit. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Riparia (sand-martin) bank martnet1544 western1553 bank swallow1633 water swallow1633 bank martin1668 sand martin1668 land-martin1674 shore-bird1676 sand-swallow1797 river swallow1817 shore swallow1869 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 90 Hirundo riparia..the Sand, or Bank Marten. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 213 The Sand-Martin, or Shore-bird. 1774 G. White Let. 26 Feb. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 175 The sand-martin, or bank-martin, is by much the least of any of the British hirundines. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 220/1 Steep banks of sandstone, riddled with the holes of the sand~martin. < as lemmas |
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