1894 Brewer’s / M / Martin
One of the swallow tribe. Dies derives the word from St. Martin, but St. Martin’s bird is the raven.
Martin. The ape, in the tale of Reynard the Fox.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.