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Definition of Purple martin
1. Noun. Large North American martin of which the male is blue-black.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purple Martin
Literary usage of Purple martin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"Characters as above; tail emarginate or forked. THE purple martin. ... The Purple
Martin makes its appearance in the City of New Orleans from the 1st to the ..."
2. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"Without being precisely a common bird, the purple martin is with us every ...
The purple martin is as courageous as the Kingbird in attacking Crows and ..."
3. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"for example, and the weeds THE purple martin A Represent;.live of the Swallow
Family. A Great Insect-cater; THE BOB-WHITE.—And take the Bob White Quail, ..."
4. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"THE purple martin. HIRUNDO PURPUREA, Linn. PLATE XXII. MALE AND FEMALE. THE Purple
Martin makes its appearance in the City of New Orleans from the 1st to ..."
5. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1882)
"THE purple martin of America is here included on the authority of Prof. ...
The purple martin is a common summer-visitor to nearly the ..."
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