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Definition of Bank martin

1. Noun. Swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bank Martin

Literary usage of Bank martin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History & Sport in Moray by Charles St. John, Anne Gibson St. John, Cosmo Innes (1882)
"The house-martin can always be distinguished from the bank-martin by its ... Those of the bank-martin are a mouse brown. The toes of the latter are not ..."

2. Natural History & Sport in Moray by Charles St. John, Cosmo Innes (1863)
"The house-martin can always be distinguished from the bank-martin by its ... Those of the bank-martin are a mouse brown. The toes of the latter are not ..."

3. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1862)
"THE INDIAN bank martin. Desor.—Above, earthy grey brown, darker on the crown, ... This little bank martin is rare in the South of India, where there are few ..."

4. The American Bar by James Clark Fifield (1918)
"Attorney for: City National Bank, Peoples Bank, Martin, Tenn. HABITE B, DW Born Oct. 24, 1875; a. to bar, 1906, Tenn.; ed. pub. schs., Martin, Tenn.; ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"(112 SC 400) Appeal of BROOKLAND BANK. MARTIN et al. v. MARTIN et aL (No. 10277.) (Supreme Court of South Carolina. Aug. 26, 1919.) 1. ..."

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