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Purple martin   /pˈərpəl mˈɑrtən/   Listen
adjective
Purple  adj.  
1.
Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
2.
Imperial; regal; so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority. "Hide in the dust thy purple pride."
3.
Blood-red; bloody. "May such purple tears be alway shed." "I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood."
Purple bird (Zool.), the European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule.
Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite.
Purple grackle (Zool.), the crow blackbird. See under Crow.
Purple martin. See under Martin.
Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper.
Purple shell. See Ianthina.





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"Purple martin" Quotes from Famous Books



... reaching the tip of the tail or beyond. Tail more or less forked. Feet small and weak from disuse. Song a twittering warble without power. Gregarious birds. Barn Swallow. Bank Swallow. Cliff (or Eaves) Swallow. Tree Swallow. Rough-winged Swallow. Purple Martin. ...
— Bird Neighbors • Neltje Blanchan


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