Look up: Tern

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   Tern
   The tern is a sea bird, especially those of the genus Sterna. They resemble a gull, but are usualy smaller and with a more slender body. Terns have long, pointer wings and a forked tail giving rise to their alternative name of the sea-swallow.
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   [n] - small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
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   Tern
   Tern (tẽrn) noun [ Danish terne , tærne ; akin to Swedish tärna , Icelandic þerna ; confer New Latin sterna .] (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera. » Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and mor ...
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   Tern
   Tern adjective [ Latin plural terni three each, three; akin to tres three. See Three , and confer Trine .] Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate. Tern flowers (Botany) , flowers growing three and three together. -- Tern leaves (Botany) , leaves arranged in threes, or three by three, or having three in each whorl or ...
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   Tern noun [ French terne . See Tern , adjective ] That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves. « She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery.» Mrs. Browning.
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   <ornithology> Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera. ... Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. most of the species are ...
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   noun small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
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   `Terns` are seabirds in the family `Sternidae`, previously considered a subfamily (Sterninae) of the gull family Laridae (van Tuinen `et al.`, 2004). They form a lineage with the gulls and skimmers which in turn is related to skuas and auks. Terns have a worldwide distribution. Most terns were formerly treated as belonging into one large genus `Sterna`, with the other genera being small, but analysis of DNA sequences supports the splitting of `S...
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    Tern
    • (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera. • (a.) That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three...
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    any of about 40 species of slender, graceful water birds that constitute the subfamily Sterninae, of the family Laridae, which also includes the ... [1 related articles]
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    tern, common name for a sea bird of the Old and New Worlds, smaller than the related gull. Because of their graceful flight and their long pointed wings and forked tails, some terns are called sea swallows. They plunge headlong into the water to catch small fish. The arctic tern migrates from the ar...
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