Martlet
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martlet-186-15041372
title:
Martlet
text:
A martlet in English heraldry is a mythical bird without feet that never roosts from the moment of its drop-birth until its death fall; martlets are proposed to be continuously on the wing. It is a compelling allegory for continuous effort, expressed in heraldic charge depicting a stylised bird similar to a swift or a house martin, without feet. It should be distinguished from the merlette of French heraldry, which is a duck-like bird with a swan-neck and chopped-off beak and legs. The Common Sw
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Mythical bird in English heraldry
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martlet
date created:
2004-07-26T22:27:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T04:05:01Z
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