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tern
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noun
- any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo common tern, of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
tern
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noun
- a set of three.
- three winning numbers drawn together in a lottery.
- a prize won by drawing these.
tern
1/ ɜː /
noun
- any aquatic bird of the subfamily Sterninae, having a forked tail, long narrow wings, a pointed bill, and a typically black-and-white plumage: family Laridae (gulls, etc), order Charadriiformes
tern
2/ ɜː /
noun
- a three-masted schooner
- rare.a group of three
yvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
You may see the California least tern, a protected bird that summers on SoCal beaches and then heads south to Mexico and Central America for the winter.
The new entries include the Arctic tern, known for its incredible migration, the giant skua, or pirate of the sea, and two types of gull.
Infected terns seemed disoriented and unable to fly.
The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the arctic tern soar back from their long journey south and the musk oxen wade north.
Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, monitor the effect of the blasts on such animals as sea otters, bats, western snowy plovers, California least terns and California red-legged frogs.
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