A sea-bird; the tern, esp. the black tern (Hydrochelidon nigra).
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) (34) stern1609 A sea-bird; the tern, esp. the black tern (Hydrochelidon nigra). sternet1638 Some species of stern or tern. sea-swallow1647 (a) A name for any one of the terns (from their general resemblance to swallows). (b) The stormy petrel, Procellaria pelagica. (c) An edible… tern1678 The common name of a group of sea-birds of the genus Sterna, or sub-family Sterninæ, akin to the gulls, but having generally a more slender body… rittock1774 A tern or small gull. Cf. rippock, n. mackerel gull1792 (a) U.S. (chiefly New England), the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus; (b) U.S. (chiefly New England), a tern; (c) the razorbill, Alca torda. gull-teaser1802 a bird that torments gulls, as a tern or jaeger. kip1802 A local name for a tern. rippock1806 A tern; = rittock, n. kingbird1831 The Antarctic tern, Sterna vittata. rare. pirr1875 The common tern, Sterna hirundo. Also (Irish English (northern)): the cry of the tern. Subcategories:— breeding place of (1) — sterna albifrons (little tern) (3) — sterna dougalli (roseate tern) (2) — sterna fuscata (sooty tern) (2) — sterna hirundo (common tern) (9) — sterna nilotica (gull-billed tern) (2) — sterna paradisaea (arctic tern) (3) — sterna sandvicensis (Sandwich tern) (1) |
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