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Tern Definition

noun

A three-masted schooner.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Any of various sea birds of the genus Sterna and related genera, related to and resembling the gulls but characteristically smaller and having a forked tail.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Any of various chiefly marine birds (subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae and especially genus ) that differ from the related gulls in usually smaller size, a more slender build, a sharply pointed bill, narrower wings, and an often forked tail.
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