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house martin

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
house- -martin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, genus Delichon

noun

A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, genus Delichon

Etymology

From house + martin.

Inflected Forms

house martins (plural)

Phrases

Asian house martin common house martin Nepal house martin Siberian house martin western house martin

Synonyms

delichon urbica

Questions

What does house martin mean?
A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, genus Delichon
Where does house martin come from?
From house + martin.

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