martinet
Meanings
Noun
1. multi-tail whip, comprising leather or whipcord thongs fixed on a handle, to dust off or to administer a beating
2. mechanical hammer on a motor-driven cogwheel, as used to beat metal
3. martin (any of the swallow-like birds, black with a white throat, of family Hirundinidae)
4. swift (bird)
Examples2
As-tu déjà vu un martinet ?
Have you ever seen a swift?
Le martinet est un petit oiseau migrateur de la famille des apodidae.
The swift is a small migratory bird of the family Apodidae.