Look up: Tern

1. tern
   [n] - small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
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2. TERN
   Tactically Expendable Remote Navigator
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3. 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 gu...
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4. 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 an...
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5. Tern
   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...
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6. tern
   <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. ...
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7. tern
   noun small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
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8. 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 combinatio...
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9. tern
   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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10. Tern
    HMS Tern was a British River Gunboat of 262 tons displacement designed and built by the Yarrow company and launched in 1927 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Tern was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots. She carried a complement of 55 and was armed with two 3 inch anti-aircraft guns and eight machine-guns.
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11. tern
    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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12. Tern
    The tern is a sea bird, especially those of the genus Sterna. They resemble a gull, but are usually 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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13. tern
    Any of various lightly built seabirds in the gull family Laridae, order Charadriiformes, with pointed wings and bill, and usually a forked tail. Terns plunge-dive after aquatic prey. They are 20–50 cm/8–20 in long, and usually coloured in combinations of white and black. They are extensively distributed, especially in temperate cl...
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14. Tern
    `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 ...
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