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1. (n.) tern
any of various web-footed aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae (family Laridae), resembling gulls, though typically smaller and slimmer.
Etymology: (1670–80; < Dan terne or Norw terna, c. ON therna)
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1. (noun) tern
small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
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1. (adj) TERN
threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate
2. (adj) TERN
that which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves
3. (noun) TERN
any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera
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