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PRONUNCIATION OF SAND MARTIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAND MARTIN

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Sand martin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SAND MARTIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Sand martin

The sand martin is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean countries, part of northern Asia and also North America. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, South America and South Asia. It is known as bank swallow in North America, and as collared sand martin in South Asia, and sometimes as European sand martin.

Definition of sand martin in the English dictionary

The definition of sand martin in the dictionary is a small brown European songbird, Riparia riparia, with white underparts: it nests in tunnels bored in sand, river banks, etc: family Hirundinidae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAND MARTIN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SAND MARTIN

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Synonyms and antonyms of sand martin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sand martin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAND MARTIN

Find out the translation of sand martin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sand martin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sand martin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙燕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zapador
570 millions of speakers

English

sand martin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेत मार्टिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرمال مارتن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

береговая ласточка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

areia martin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বালি মার্টিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hirondelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sand martin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Uferschwalbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

砂マーティン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모래 마틴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pasir martin
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cát martin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணல் மார்டின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाळू मार्टिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kum kırlangıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Topino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sand martin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

берегова ластівка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nisip Martin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άμμος martin
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

sand Martin
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sand Martin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sand martin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sand martin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAND MARTIN»

The term «sand martin» is normally little used and occupies the 112.603 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAND MARTIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sand martin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAND MARTIN»

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Ecological Engineering: Bridging Between Ecology and Civil ...
Case study Sand Martin nest sites Introduction Along or in the neighbourhood of motorways in some places artifical nest sites for the Sand Martin have been created, with more or less success. The main aspects will be shown about the ...
Hein van Bohemen, 2005
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Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia
ID Closely resembles Sand Martin, but underparts duskier, off-white to buff on chin/throat, lacks contrast between throat and ear-coverts, and has less clear demarcation between upperparts and underparts; lacks distinctive brown breast- band ...
Mark Brazil, 2009
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India: And the Indian ...
Riparia diluta (Collared Sand Martin) r Riparia riparia (Collared Sand Martin) R Riparia paludicola (Plain Sand Martin, Brown-throated Sand Martin, Sand Martin) r Hirundo rupestris (Crag Martin, Northem Crag Martin) V Hirundo fuligula (Pale ...
Bill Harvey, 2002
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Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands
Distinguished from Brown-throated Sand Martin by larger size, bulkier silhouette, and heavily striped underparts. Distinguished from Mascarene Swiftlet by much wider, shorter wings, and much heavier flight. Juv. differs from ad. in the lighter ...
Ian Sinclair, Olivier Langrand, 2003
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A Bird Atlas of Kenya
The African Sand Martin forms part of a superspecies with the widely sympatric Sand Martin (550) (HM), which is a Palearc- tic migrant . 550 SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia B643 / MPG1068 / D2C2 Afrotropical: a Palearctic species that winters ...
Adrian Lewis, Derek Pomeroy, 1989
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Ornithological Biography: Or An Account of the Habits of the ...
Joan BACHMAN, sent me four Swallow's eggs accompanied with a letter, in which was the following notice :—“ Two pairs of Swallows resembling the Sand Martin, have built their nests for two years in succession in the walls of an unfinished ...
John James Audubon, 1838
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Ornithological biography or an account of the habits of the ...
J oHN BAcrmAN, sent me four Swallow's eggs accompanied with a letter, in which was the following notice :—“ Two pairs of Swallows resembling the Sand Martin, have built their nests for two years in succession in the walls of an unfinished ...
John-James Audubon, 1838
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Spontaneous Infection of Rickettsia Burneti in Ectoparasites ...
In addition, rickettsiae were isolated from overwintered H. megaventralis mites collected before arrival of Sand Martins. The importance of these ticks and mites in epidemiology of Q fever requires further study. (Author).
M. M. Makhmetov, NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT NO 3 CAIRO (Egypt) DEPT OF MEDICAL ZOOLOGY., 1968
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Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, ...
THE SAND-MARTIN. f The Sand-martin is about four inches and three quarters in length. It is common about the banks of rivers and sand-pits, where it digs itself a round and regular hole in the sand or earth : this is horizontal, serpentine, and ...
William Bingley, 1803
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Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
Most numerous in the highlands above 1500m, but occasionally occurs down to sea-level. Vo utters short monotonous phrases, each terminating in a buzzy churr . Plain Martin Riparia paludicola 12cm, 5” [Brown-throated Sand Martin] Entire ...
Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAND MARTIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sand martin is used in the context of the following news items.
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WATCH: Springwatch team spotlight the tiny birds that make epic …
The RSPB's flagship reserve also provides nesting areas for summer visiting birds such as the swallow, sand martin and the nightingale. In our latest episode, ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
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Sand bank survivors face fox and flood
We wanted to revisit a small sand martin colony we had first seen last year. Unusually this colony, in a sand bank, is not close to water, although there is a ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Tim Sexton: Sand martins are here, what about an osprey?
In the last week a handful of sand martins have become the first of the true summer migrant birds to be spotted at the Attenborough Nature Reserve this year. «Nottingham Post, Mar 15»
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New Nidderdale home for threatened Sand Martin
Birds which visit Great Britain during the summer months have flocked to a Lancashire nature reserve. The young Sand Martins are nesting in a purpose-built ... «Harrogate Advertiser, Nov 14»
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Sand martins storm in to colonise new dunes
Until last year there was only one sand martin colony on the Bann estuary, but this summer the returning migrants have founded new colonies on fresh sand ... «Belfast Telegraph, Aug 14»
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Clark, 13, lands Vice Presidents Cup glory at Sand Martins
Teenager Warren Clark carded 41 points to get his hands on the Disabled Golf Association's (DGA) Vice Presidents Cup at Sand Martins Golf Club last Thursday ... «Reading Post, Jul 14»
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Louise Fountain: Sand martins keeps centre in spotlight
David Attenborough came to declare this special site a nature reserve in 1966, and returned as Sir David Attenborough in 2005 to open the Nature Centre. «Nottingham Post, May 14»
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Tim Sexton: Nesting success for mand martins
LESS than six weeks after construction work finished on the sand martin nesting bank and bird hide at the Attenborough Nature Reserve we are delighted to ... «Nottingham Post, May 14»
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Nature Watch: The sand martins of Exeter
WALKING from the northern end of St David's station, I made my way via the rail crossing and the road bridge to the western bank of the River Exe. It was a ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Apr 14»
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Attenborough Nature Reserve's sand martin hide completed
"It will be fantastic for the public to watch the sand martins as they fly over the ponds, collecting insects for their young, then back into the nesting tunnels.". «BBC News, Mar 14»

REFERENCE
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