terneryn.
/ˈtəːnəri/ A place where terns congregate to breed.
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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.
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