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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɑːt.lət/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈmɑɹt.lət/
• 韻: -ɑː(ɹ)tlət

名詞

martlet (plural martlets)

1. (obsolete) A bird, the martin.
   • 1862, William Tiler, The Natural History of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, &c:

     “As in a drought the thirsty creatures cry,
     And gape upon the gather'd clouds for rain;
     Then, first, the Martlet meets it in the sky,
     And, with wet wings, joys all the feather'd train.”

2. (heraldry) A depiction of a bird similar to a house martin or swallow with stylized feet.

同意語

• merlion (rare)

参考

• merlette (“mythological bird in French heraldry depicted with no beak or feet”)

参照

Further reading

• martlet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Marlett