单词 | ternery |
释义 | terneryn. A place where terns congregate to breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > breeding place of ternery1891 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1905 E. Selous Bird Watcher in Shetlands xxiii. 180 I have mentioned the case of a dog making regular daily expeditions to a ternery, in order to feast upon the eggs. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Sept. 637/2 The sanctuary at Dungeness, established presumably for the protection of the interesting ternery. 1943 Haggard & Williamson Norfolk Life i. 12 There is the azure tide inflowing past the Ternery on the point. 1979 Woman & Home June 154/3 The ternery, no longer out of bounds, was uncannily silent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1891 |
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