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Word entry · 6 letters

martin

Best crossword clue

"Swallow-like bird"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɑː.tɪn/Part of speech nounSorted aimnrtStarts with MEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A swallow-like bird with long pointed wings.

Word origin

From Middle French martin (French martinet).

Used in a sentence

  • Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d.
  • "Ye must avenge my sister's son's death; I will sables and martins bestow."
  • Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars.

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