n.
[鸟]北美洲紫燕

[ noun ]
large North American martin of which the male is blue-black
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Purple \Pur"ple\, a.
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. --Shelley.

3. Blood-red; bloody.

May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak.

I view a field of blood,
And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden.

{Purple bird} (Zo["o]l.), the European purple gallinule. See
under {Gallinule}.

{Purple copper ore}. (Min.) See {Bornite}.

{Purple grackle} (Zo["o]l.), the crow blackbird. See under
{Crow}.

{Purple martin}. See under {Martin}.

{Purple sandpiper}. See under {Sandpiper}.

{Purple shell}. See {Ianthina}.

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.
[Written also {marten}.]

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}.
(a) The bank swallow. See under {Bank}.
(b) The fairy martin. See under {Fairy}.

{Bee martin}.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.

{Sand martin}, the bank swallow.