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3.6.16.2 m-rt-n Spotted; tacheté . The following names are "sanctified" forms after the advent of Christianism; the original chromatic value of martin has been lost:

Franç.rég.sant martinoa spotted mushroom Lepiotaprocera
Ital.: Elbasanmartinoladybug
Esp.sanmartinKingfisher, 267
Cat.ocell de sant-martíKingfisher, 267. By analogy: Cat. ocelldesant-joan, French oiseaudesaint-jean, Ital. acceddudesangiovanni,a.disan-andrea,usuldesanpietre
Franç.oiseau de saint-martinKingfisher, 267
Ital.sudacciedd de san-martinuKingfisher, 267
Franç.: Gasc.poulèt sen-martî et var.Hoopoe, 263
Esp.gallico de san-martinHoopoe, 263
Ital.: Nap.codeianco san-martinoBlack-eared Wheatear, 350
Galicesanmartina fish also called galomariñoð3.6.13.
R.Rom.: Engad.arch san-martinrainbow
Cat.arc de san-martíid.
Franç.: Vosgessaint-martinautumn
Franç.saint-martinseason when the leaves turn varicoloured
Ital.: Cal.santu-martinuNovember
Galicesan-martiñoNovember
Engl.: Scot.martinmas, martlemasseason when the leaves turn varicoloured, cf. French saint-martin, above

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