单词 | river tern |
释义 | > as lemmasriver tern river tern n. any of various terns and similar birds that frequent inland rivers; esp.: †(a) the common tern, Sterna hirundo (obsolete); (b) (more fully Indian river tern) a pale grey and white tern, S. aurantia, of South Asia. ΚΠ 1831 Wilson's Amer. Ornith. IV. 358 River tern, Sterna fluviatilis. 1864 T. C. Jerdon Birds India III. 838 River Terns. These birds have longer and more forked tails than the Marsh Terns... Seena aurantia... The Large River Tern. 1905 19th Cent. & After Dec. 988 These birds [sc. African skimmers] are river terns, and, like other terns, lay their eggs on the sand-banks. 1992 Colonial Waterbirds 15 144/2 There is only limited information available on the breeding biology of the Indian River Tern (Sterna aurantia). < as lemmas |
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