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sand martin
(redirected from bank swallows)

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sand martin
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small brown European songbird, Riparia riparia, with white underparts: it nests in tunnels bored in sand, river banks, etc.: family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)
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Noun1.sand martinsand martin - swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
bank martin, bank swallow, Riparia riparia
martin - any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
genus Riparia, Riparia - a genus of Hirundinidae


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