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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf {Martlet}.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also {marten}.]
Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne
subis, or purpurea}), and the European house, or
window, martin ({Hirundo, or Chelidon, urbica}), are
the best known species.
{Bank martin}.
a The bank swallow. See under {Bank}.
b The fairy martin. See under {Fairy}.
{Bee martin}.
a The purple martin.
b The kingbird.
{Sand martin}, the bank swallow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marten \Mar"ten\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A bird. See {Martin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marten \Mar"ten\, n. [From older martern, marter, martre F.
martre marte, LL martures (pl.), fr L. martes; akin to AS
mear?, meard, G. marder, OHG. mardar, Icel. m["o]r?r. Cf
{Foumart}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of
the genus {Mustela}, closely allied to the sable. Among
the more important species are the European beech, or
stone, marten ({Mustela foina}); the pine marten ({M.
martes}); and the American marten, or sable ({M.
Americana}), which some zo["o]logists consider only a
variety of the Russian sable.
2. The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
marten
n : agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than
weasels [syn: {marten cat}]
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