'house martin' definitions:
Definition of 'house martin'
(from WordNet)
noun
Common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses [syn: house martin, Delichon urbica]
Definition of 'house martin'
From: GCIDE
- Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. Martlet.] (Zool.) 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]