Mär'tin, n.
n. [Fr. martinet, Sp. martinete, a little white heron.] (Ornith.) A bird of the genus Hirundo, or swallow kind, which forms its nest about buildings. The bank-martin is the Hirundo riparia; the house-martin the H. urbica.
n. [Fr. martinet, Sp. martinete, a little white heron.] (Ornith.) A bird of the genus Hirundo, or swallow kind, which forms its nest about buildings. The bank-martin is the Hirundo riparia; the house-martin the H. urbica.