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(tɜːʳn)
Word forms: plural terns
countable noun
A tern is a small black and white seabird with long wings and a forked tail.

tern in British English 1

(tɜːn)
noun
any aquatic bird of the subfamily Sterninae, having a forked tail, long narrow wings, a pointed bill, and a typically black-and-white plumage: family Laridae (gulls, etc), order Charadriiformes
Word origin
C18: from Old Norse therna; related to Norwegian terna, Swedish tärna

tern in British English 2

(tɜːn)
noun
1. 
a three-masted schooner
2.  rare
a group of three
Word origin
C14: from Old French terne, from Italian terno, from Latin ternī three each; related to Latin ter thrice, trēs three

tern in American English

(tɜrn)
noun
any of several shorebirds (family Laridae) with webbed feet, a deeply forked tail, a straight bill, and a slender body; sea swallow
Word origin
< ON therna, via E Anglian dial.; akin to OE stearna

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Examples of 'tern' in a sentence
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They rob other birds beside terns and gulls.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Young common terns are now on the wing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The result means beaches are getting narrower and the little terns are quickly running out of space.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Losing little terns would be a large loss.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The white terns are also arriving steadily.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With their dark plumage, they look like aerial shadows of the white common terns.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
These are best distinguished from the common terns by their blood-red beak.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There are nine adults and 11 juvenile common terns currently in residence.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The most widespread are the common terns, which were once predominantly seabirds.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They are called little terns because they are much smaller than any of the other British terns.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
 Little terns are also arriving on the coast, and will nest on the beaches.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
 Common terns are also returning.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
 Common terns used to nest mainly on secluded shingle beaches, but there are probably more of them breeding inland now than by the sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
 Common terns are by now spreading out over Britain, making their way along rivers and via lakes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Along the coast just now you may come across parties of little terns, chattering, hovering and diving for fish.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A third wind farm, perceived as a threat to a colony of sandwich terns, was rejected.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Most of the common terns are back in their colonies on beaches by now, but the verysimilar Arctic terns are still passing through.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A pair of common terns came in from the sea, battling the offshore wind, making light of the rain.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

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All related terms of 'tern'

arctic tern
a black-capped tern , Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic
black tern
a small tern with a black head and body, Chlidonias niger , found on all continents except Australasia
little tern
a small seabird of the tern family Sternidae which breeds in tropical Europe and Asia and which migrates to Africa or Australia in winter
sooty tern
a black and white tern , Sterna fuscata , of small tropical islands
roseate tern
a seabird , Sterna dougallii , of the tern family Sternidae
sandwich tern
a European tern , Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill , whitish plumage , and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches , etc
white-fronted tern
a coastal bird of New Zealand and SE Australia, Sterna striata , with a long black bill , a white breast , and a forked tail
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