martin

/ˈmɑɹ.tɪn/

UK: /ˈmɑː.tɪn/

MⱭɹ · tɪn (2 syllables)

English Noun Top 1,493

American (Lessac) (medium)

Female 0.7s

American (Ryan) (medium)

Male 0.5s

American (Amy) (medium)

Female 0.9s

Definition

Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

From Middle French martin (French martinet).

"Roof-haunting martins warm their eggs: / In these, in those the life is stay’d."