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Tern

/tɜːn/

Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

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Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

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scraynoun	(UK, archaic) A tern; the sea swallow.
sternenoun	A surname.
triadnoun	A grouping of three.
ternenoun	(also attributively) An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.
sternidnoun	(ornithology) Any bird in the family Sternidae, the terns (now considered part of the family Laridae).
sternnoun	(nautical) The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
common ternnoun	A small, gull-like shore bird of the species Sterna hirundo, of wide geographic distribution.
little ternnoun	The seabird Sternula albifrons.
starlingnoun	A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
forster's ternnoun	Sterna forsteri, is a seabird of the family Laridae.
sparlingnoun	(Scotland) A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
seagullnoun	Any of several white, often dark-backed birds of the family Laridae having long, pointed wings and short legs.
laridnoun	(ornithology) Any member of the family Laridae, the gulls, terns, skimmers and noddies .
gullnoun	A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
taringnoun	A common tern (Sterna hirundo).
stercorariidnoun	(zoology) Any seabird in the family Stercorariidae; a skua.
egg-birdnoun	(dated) Any of several species of tern, especially:
sea dotterelnoun	A bird, the turnstone.
seahawknoun	An osprey, Pandion haliaetus.
gull-billed ternnoun	A medium-sized tern, Gelochelidon nilotica, family Laridae, with a thick stout black bill, found in marshy and coastal habitats throughout the temperate and tropic zones worldwide.