Bible Dictionaries
Martlet

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The European house martin.

(2):

(n.) A bird without beak or feet; - generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Martlet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/martlet.html. 1828.