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marten
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ( Progne subis or Progne purpurea), and the European house martin, or window martin ( Hirundo urbica or Chelidon urbica), are the best known species. Bank martin.
The bank swallow. See under Bank.
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The fairy martin. See under Fairy. Bee martin.
The purple martin.
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The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow.
marten \mar"ten\, n. [From older martern, marter, martre, F. martre, marte, LL. martures (pl.), fr. L. martes; akin to AS. mear[eth], meard, G. marder, OHG. mardar, Icel. m["o]r[eth]r. Cf. Foumart.]
(Zo["o]l.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Martes (formerly Mustela), closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech marten or stone marten ( Martes foina); the pine marten ( Martes martes); and the American marten, or sable ( Martes Americana), which some zo["o]logists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.
The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-13c., "skin or fur of the marten," from Old French martrine "marten fur," noun use of fem. adjective martrin "of or pertaining to the marten," from martre "marten," from Frankish *martar or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *marthuz (cognates: Old Saxon marthrin "of or pertaining to the marten," Old Frisian merth, Middle Dutch maerter, Dutch marter, Old High German mardar, German Marder, Old English mearþ, Old Norse mörðr "marten"), probably from PIE *martu- "bride," perhaps on some fancied resemblance, or else a Germanic euphemism for the real name of the animal, which might have been taboo.\n
\nIn Middle English the animal itself typically was called marter, directly from Old French martre, but marten took over this sense in English c.1400.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. Any carnivorous mammal of the genus ''Martes'' in the family ''Mustelidae''. Etymology 2
n. (archaic form of martin nodot=yes English) (the bird)
WordNet
n. agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels [syn: marten cat]
Wikipedia
The martens constitute the genus Martes within the subfamily Mustelinae, in the family Mustelidae. Martens are slender, agile animals, adapted to living in taigas, and are found in coniferous and northern deciduous forests across the Northern Hemisphere. They have bushy tails, and large paws with partially retractible claws. The fur varies from yellowish to dark brown, depending on the species, and, in many cases, is valued by fur trappers.
A marten is a mammal in the family Mustelidae. Marten, Mårten, Martén or Maarten may also refer to:
Marten is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Henry Marten (politician) (c. 1562 – 1641), Tudor politician
- Henry Marten (regicide) (1602–1680), his son
- Henry Marten (MCC cricketer) (1768–1842), cricketer
- Henry Marten (educator) (1872–1948), Provost of Eton
- Maritza Martén (born 1963), Cuban discus thrower
- Neil Marten (1916–1985), British politician
- Ulrich Marten (born 1956), West German professional tennis player
- John Marten (died 1473), English academic; see John Martyn (academic)
- John Thomas Marten (born 1951), United States federal judge
- Barbara Marten (born 1947), British actress
- Roy Marten (born 1952), Indonesian actor
- James Marten (born 1984) American football player
- Alfred Marten (1829–1910), English politician and barrister
Given name:
- Mårten Andersson, Swedish bassist with Lizzy Borden
- Marten de Vos (1532–1603), Belgian painter and draughtsman
- Mårten Hagström (born 1971), Swedish guitarist with Meshuggah
- Marten Eikelboom (born 1973), Dutch field hockey striker
- Marten Scheffer (born 1958), Dutch ecologist
- Marten Toonder (1912–2005), Dutch comic creator
- Mårten Mickos (born 1962) Finnish software executive
- Mårten Triewald (1691–1747), Swedish merchant, engineer and physicist
- Marten Strauch (born 1986), German international rugby union player
Fictional characters:
- Marten Reed, character in Questionable Content
Usage examples of "marten".
Lysie was claimed by Marten of Argon, the man she assaulted and robbed.
The harts and hinds in their herds, the boars in their singulars, the skulks of foxes, the richesses of martens, the bevies of roes, the cetes of badgers and the routs of wolves: all came to him more or less as something which you either skin or flayed and then took home to the cook.
They spoke reverently of forest food webs, of chickarees and insects and mule deer, of coyote and bobcat and pine marten and black bear, of ravens and kinglets and owls, of chickadees and sapsuckers and juncos and woodpeckers.
She remembered lying in her starched bed, her hair in two pigtails, clutching the Raggy that her dead mother had made her, listening to the martens twittering under the caves.
The tracks of foxes, wolves, wolverenes, and martens, were very numerous.
The heels of the Doc Martens drummed up and down as the punker writhed and gurgled in the agony of death for nearly a minuteto the horrified dismay of his fellow prisoners.
Naskapis were obliged to spend part of their time trapping furs, mainly marten, whether or not they preferred to hunt caribou.
And so the Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibway members of Crane, Catfish, Loon, Bear, Marten and Wolf Clans came to participate in the Ghost Dance ceremony.
Marie Dorothee, of the age of twenty-three, was examined and declared a girl by Hufeland and Mursina, while Stark, Raschig, and Martens maintained that she was a boy.
Yet he could be brave, too, and when the Marten, sailing out of Rigolet, ran aground, he personally commanded the rescue boats that saved cargo and passengers-though not the captain, who committed suicide rather than face the wrath of the HBC Governor.
Crees lolled in their wigwams, when less labor fell to Siena, he set traps in the snow trails for silver fox and marten.
Indian staggered forward, Siena recognized the robe of silver fox and marten, his gift to Emihiyah.
Instead she wore a patchwork dress over her jeans and Doc Martens, stuffed the wig inside a drawer, and headed to a small bar on Inverness Street.
He wore the uniform of academia: corduroy jacket fastened high to the neck, with worn and faded elbow patches, stone-washed denims, black Doc Martens and tortoiseshell round-rim glasses.
La Serenissima had need of it, marten skins and civet, and amber from the Chowat.