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Definition of: martlet
(märt′lit) noun
1. A martin.
2. Her. A martin or swallow without feet: used as a bearing, crest, or mark of cadency. [<F martelet, alter. of martinet, dim. of martin a martin;? infl. in form by roitelet a wren]
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