martin

n.
Any of various swallows, such as the house martin or the purple martin.

[Middle English martoune, probably from the name Martin.]

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It is very lucky to have a martin's nest on a house; to destroy it or take the eggs brings disaster, that one's cows will give bloody milk, for example (Opie and Tatem, 1989: 186-7). Cf. swallows.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - [zool.] svaleart

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwaluw

Français (French)
n. - hirondelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Ornith.) Mehlschwalbe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ορνιθ.) χελιδόνι

Italiano (Italian)
Martino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - martelo grande (m), andorinha (f), martelo do piano (m)

Русский (Russian)
городская ласточка

Español (Spanish)
n. - vencejo, pequeña golondrina europea

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svala (zool.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
岩燕, 紫马丁乌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 岩燕, 紫馬丁烏

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 남자이름, 제비의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - イワツバメ, ショウドウツバメ, 男子名, ムラサキツバメ, マルタン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سنونو وهو من أنواع الطيور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סנונית‬

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