tern
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
tern (plural terns)
- Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
- French: sterne
- German: Seeschwalbe, Meerschwalbe
- Italian: sterna
- Portuguese: andorinha-do-mar, gaivina
- Russian: кра́чка
- Spanish: charrán, fumarel, gaviotín
tern (plural terns)
- (dated) That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together.
- (dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
- She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery.
tern (not comparable)
- (rare) threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate
- tern flowers; tern leaves
- a tern schooner, one with three masts
- ternary, treble, trine; see also Thesaurus:triple
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