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| tern [ turn ] (plural terns or tern) |
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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.
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| [Late 17th century. < N Germanic] |
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