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tern (1)

tern [ turn ] (plural terns or tern)


noun 
Definition:
 
white seabird with black head: a seabird, typically white with a black head, related to gulls but with a slenderer body and wings, a pointed beak, and a forked tail. Family Sternidae.

[Late 17th century. < N Germanic]
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