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Definition: Sand Martin |
Sand MartinNoun1. Swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Sand MartinSynonyms: bank martin (n), bank swallow (n). (additional references) |
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| Riparia riparia |
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, where it is called Bank Swallow. It winters in eastern and southern Africa, southern Asia and South America.
The Sand Martin appears towards the end of March, just in advance of the swallow, as the first of its family, flitting over the larger sheets of water in search of early flies.
Its brown back, small size and quicker, jerkier flight separate it at once from swallows and House Martins. Later parties accompany Swallows, but for a time, varying according to weather, the birds remain at these large waters and does not visit its nesting haunts.
The Sand Martin is brown above, white below with a narrow brown band on the breast; the bill is black, the legs brown. The young have rufous tips to the coverts and margins to the secondaries.
The twittering song is continuous when the birds are on the wing, and becomes a conversational undertone after they have settled in the roost. The harsh alarm is heard when a passing Kestrel, Carrion Crow or other suspected enemy requires combined action to drive it away.
The food consists of small insects, mostly gnats and other flies whose early stages are aquatic.
The Sand Martin is sociable in its nesting habits; from a dozen to many hundred pairs will nest close together, according to available space. The nests are at the end of tunnels of from a few inches to three or four feet in length, bored in sand or gravel.
The actual nest is a litter of straw and feathers in a chamber at the end of the burrow; it soon becomes a hotbed of parasites. Four or five white eggs are laid about the middle of May, and a second brood is usual.
The Sand Martin departs early, at any rate from its more northerly haunts. In August, the gatherings at the nightly roost increase enormously, though the advent and departure of passage birds causes great irregularity in numbers.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sand Martin."
Crosswords: Sand Martin |
| English words defined with "sand martin": Witchuck. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "sand martin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dallëndyshe bregore. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | брегова лястовичка. (various references) | |
Danish | digesvale. (various references) | |
Dutch | oeverzwaluw. (various references) | |
French | hirondelle de rivage (african sand martin). (various references) | |
German | Uferschwalbe. (various references) | |
Greek | οχθοχελίδονο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | parti fecske. (various references) | |
Italian | topino. (various references) | |
Manx | gollan gheinnee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andsay artinmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | andorinha das barreiras. (various references) | |
Russian | береговая ласточка (sand-martin). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bregunica (martin). (various references) | |
Spanish | avión zapador. (various references) | |
Swedish | backsvala. (various references) | |
Turkish | kum kırlangıcı. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Riparia riparia, RM:randulina da riva. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-m-n-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: mandarins, tamarinds. | |
-2 letters: mandarin, martians, radiants, tamarind, tamarins, trainman. | |
-3 letters: amritas, antiars, antiman, aramids, artisan, innards, mansard, mantids, mantras, marinas, martian, martins, radians, radiant, randans, sandman, stamina, tamarin, tamaris, tsarina. | |
-4 letters: admits, aidman, airman, amidst, amrita, animas, antiar, aramid, arista, atmans, damans, damars, dinars, disarm, drains, dramas, inarms, instar, madras, manats, manias, mannas, mantas, mantid, mantis, mantra, marina, martin, matins, nadirs, naiads, nairas, nanism, radian, randan, ranids, ratans, riatas, santir, stadia, strain, strand, tamari, tarsia, tiaras, tinman, trains, triads. | |
-5 letters: adits, adman, admit, airns, airts, amain, amias, amids, amins, amirs, amnia, anima, annas, antas, antis, antra, arias, astir, atman, atmas, atria, daman, damar, damns, darns, darts, dinar, dints, dirts, ditas, drain, drama, drams, drats, inarm, maars, maids, mains, mairs, maist, manas, manat, mania, manna, manta, maria, marts, matin, midst, minas, minds, mints, naans, nadas, nadir, naiad, naira, nanas, nards, naris, raias, raids, rains, rands, ranid, ranis, rants, ratan, riant, riata, rinds, saint, saran, sarin, satin, simar, sitar, smart, staid, stain, stair, stand, stria, tains, tamis, tarns, tarsi, tiara, train, trams, trans, triad, trims, tsadi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-m-n-n-r-s-t" | |
+2 letters: administrant, mandarinates. | |
+3 letters: administrants. | |
+4 letters: administrating, administration, disarrangement, documentarians, handicraftsman, handicraftsmen, randomizations. | |
+5 letters: administrations, aggrandizements, decontaminators, demonstrational, disarrangements. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 6E 64 4D 61 72 74 69 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a n d   M a r t i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 006E 0064 004D 0061 0072 0074 0069 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536780702476784867580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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