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What (who) is Tern - definition
tern
![[[Common tern]] in flight](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Birds of Sweden 2016 07.jpg?width=200 "[[Common tern]] in flight")
![The [[black tern]] breeds on inland marshes.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chlidonias niger.jpg?width=200 "The [[black tern]] breeds on inland marshes.")
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![The [[Inca tern]]'s plumage is atypical of the family.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larosterna inca4.jpg?width=200 "The [[Inca tern]]'s plumage is atypical of the family.")
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![endangered]] by human activities.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ranganathittu 3.jpg?width=200 "endangered]] by human activities.")
![The [[roseate tern]] is trapped for food on its wintering grounds.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roseate Tern portrait.jpg?width=200 "The [[roseate tern]] is trapped for food on its wintering grounds.")
![[[Brown noddy]] nest on stump of ''[[Casuarina equisetifolia]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Starr 080605-6653 Casuarina equisetifolia.jpg?width=200 "[[Brown noddy]] nest on stump of ''[[Casuarina equisetifolia]]''")
![An adult [[common tern]] bringing a [[sand eel]] to a juvenile](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sterna hirundo -Nantucket National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts, USA -adult and juvenile-8.jpg?width=200 "An adult [[common tern]] bringing a [[sand eel]] to a juvenile")
![Kleptoparasitic]] [[western gull]] chasing [[elegant tern]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Western Gull chasing Elegant Tern.jpg?width=200 "Kleptoparasitic]] [[western gull]] chasing [[elegant tern]]")
![[[Little tern]] in flight showing the forked tail](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sternula albifrons 2 - Little Swanport.jpg?width=200 "[[Little tern]] in flight showing the forked tail")
![The [[gull-billed tern]] will sometimes prey on the chicks and young of other terns](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gull billed Tern I IMG 9309.jpg?width=200 "The [[gull-billed tern]] will sometimes prey on the chicks and young of other terns")
![The [[whiskered tern]] is an insect-eating [[marsh tern]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chlidonias hybrida 2 (Marek Szczepanek).jpg?width=200 "The [[whiskered tern]] is an insect-eating [[marsh tern]]")
FACILITY IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
Sternidae; Terns; Antartic tern; Sterninae
tern1 [t?:n]
¦ noun a seabird related to the gulls, typically smaller and more slender, with long pointed wings and a forked tail. [Sterna and other genera: many species.]
Origin
C17: of Scand. origin.
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tern2 [t?:n]
¦ noun rare a set of three.
Origin
ME: appar. from Fr. terne, from L. terni 'three at once, three each', from ter 'thrice'.
tern
FACILITY IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
Sternidae; Terns; Antartic tern; Sterninae
n.
Sea-swallow.
tern
FACILITY IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
Sternidae; Terns; Antartic tern; Sterninae
(terns)
A tern is a small black and white seabird with long wings and a forked tail.
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
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Examples of use of Tern
1. Everyone in our house was shocked to hear of the tragic accident at Tern Hill today.
2. His story seemed plausible because in 1'8' the IRA had bombed the Parachute Regiment barracks at nearby Tern Hill.
3. The Squirrel aircraft from RAF Shawbury, which normally carry two people each, came down at Tern Hill, near Shawbury, Shropshire.
4. Some 128 personnel were taken off the Tern Alpha platform 105 miles off Shetland by RAF and coastguard helicopters.
5. Yield for long–tern, 10–year U.S. bonds, however, dropped by 0.035 percent, placing it just below 5 percent.