PURPLE MARTIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple martin mean? 

• PURPLE MARTIN (noun)
  The noun PURPLE MARTIN has 1 sense:

1. large North American martin of which the male is blue-black

  Familiarity information: PURPLE MARTIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE MARTIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large North American martin of which the male is blue-black

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Progne subis; purple martin

Hypernyms ("purple martin" is a kind of...):

martin (any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas)

Holonyms ("purple martin" is a member of...):

genus Progne; Progne (a genus of Hirundinidae)