sand martin

English

Etymology

sand + martin

Noun

sand martin (plural sand martins)

1. A migratory passerine bird of the swallow family, Riparia riparia.

Translations

bird

• Czech: břehule (cs) f
• Finnish: törmäpääsky (fi)
• German: Uferschwalbe (de) f
• Hungarian: partifecske (hu)
• Irish: gabhlán gainimh (ga) m

• Italian: topino (it) m
• Scottish Gaelic: gobhlan-gainmhich (gd) m
• Spanish: avión zapador (es) m, golondrina zapadora (es) f
• Swedish: backsvala (sv) c

See also

• Sand martin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia