单词 | arctic tern |
释义 | arctic tern in British Englishnoun a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic Arctic tern in American Englishnoun a tern, Sterna paradisaea, resembling the common tern, that breeds in arctic and north temperate regions and winters in antarctic regions Also: arctic tern Word origin [1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: highball, impressionism, interface, quotation mark, rain checkExamples of 'arctic tern' in a sentence |
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