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Purple martin   /pˈərpəl mˈɑrtən/   Listen
Purple martin

noun
1.
Large North American martin of which the male is blue-black.  Synonym: Progne subis.






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"Purple martin" Quotes from Famous Books



... hemlock-tree, and begin to plume themselves upon being crows of the world. They always fold their wings three times after alighting, to be sure that it is neatly done. They know how to worry a fox into giving up half his dinner, and also that when the kingbird or the purple martin assails them they must dash into a bush, for it is as impossible to fight the little pests as it is for the fat apple-woman to catch the small boys who have raided her basket. All these things do the young crows know; but they have taken no lessons in egg-hunting yet, ...
— Wild Animals I Have Known • Ernest Thompson Seton



Words linked to "Purple martin" :   Progne, Progne subis, genus Progne, martin



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