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house martin nounA black-and-white Eurasian songbird of the swallow family, often building its mud nest on the walls of buildings.- Genus Delichon, family Hirundinidae: three species, in particular the widespread D. urbica.
In dry conditions when wet mud is difficult to obtain swallows will take over old nests of other birds including house martins and blackbirds....- Even more resourceful are house martins nesting on ships.
- These woodpeckers have also regularly attacked colonies of nesting house martins by clinging to the side of the inverted mud dome and chipping away a hold.
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