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Martin (medicine) and oasis (oh)


Martin (medicine)


martin
<zoology> One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.

Alternative forms: marten.

The American purple martin, or bee martin (Progne subis, or purpurea), and the European house, or window, martin (Hirundo, or Chelidon, urbica), are the best known species. Bank martin. The bank swallow. See Bank. The fairy martin. See Fairy. Bee martin. The purple martin. The kingbird. Sand martin, the bank swallow.

Origin: F. Martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. Martlet.

Source: Websters Dictionary


oasis (oh)



/si:z/ [C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Late Latin; Origin: Greek]
a place with water and trees in a desert
a peaceful or pleasant place that is very different from everything around it
an oasis of calm/serenity/tranquillity etc
::The park was an oasis of peace.