bank martin

1. 1.

   swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks

   Synonymsbank swallowsand martinRiparia riparia

   Broadermartin

   Part ofRiparia

Questions about bank martin

What does bank martin mean?

bank martin means "swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks".

What is another word for bank martin?

Close synonyms include bank swallow, sand martin, Riparia riparia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bank martin a common word?

bank martin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.