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English
A martlet as depicted in English heraldry, here with tincture sable
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.”
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, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
