But the red light was on the columns of the Parthenon, and the Greek women who were knitting their stockings and sometimes crying to a child to come and have the insects picked from its head were as jolly as sand-martins in the heat, quarrelling, scolding, suckling their babies, until the ships in the Piraeus fired their guns.
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Sand Martin — Flying in Scotland Conservation status … Wikipedia
Sand Martin — (Млада Болеслав,Чехия) Категория отеля: 4 звездочный отель Адрес: Michalovice 72, Млада … Каталог отелей
Sand martin — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sand martin — Martin Mar tin, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. {Martlet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also {marten}.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sand martin — ► NOUN ▪ a small gregarious swallow with dark brown and white plumage, excavating nest holes in sandy banks near water … English terms dictionary
sand martin — noun swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks • Syn: ↑bank martin, ↑bank swallow, ↑Riparia riparia • Hypernyms: ↑martin • Member Holonyms: ↑Riparia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Sand Martin — urvinė kregždė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Riparia Riparia angl. Sand Martin vok. Uferschwalbe … Paukščių anatomijos terminai
sand martin — urvinės kregždės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Riparia angl. sand martin rus. береговая ласточка, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrosios kregždės siauresnis terminas – blyškioji urvinė kregždė siauresnis terminas –… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
sand martin — sand mar·tin || sænd‚mÉ‘rtn / mÉ‘Ëtɪn n. tiny European songbird that nests in tunnels dug in sand banks (related to the swallow) … English contemporary dictionary
sand martin — /ˈsænd matn/ (say sand mahtn) noun a small martin, Riparia riparia, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, which nests in tunnels in banks of sand …
