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单词 tern
释义 tern
tern1
 /terrn/,  n.  
 any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, esp. those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern), of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
 [1670-80; < Dan terne or Norw terna; c. ON therna]
tern2
 /terrn/,  n.  
  1. a set of three.
  2. three winning numbers drawn together in a lottery.
  3. a prize won by drawing these.
 [1300-50; ME terne < MF < It terno < L ternus, sing. of terni three each, triad, akin to ter thrice; see THREE]
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