Arctic tern
noun/ˌɑːktɪk ˈtɜːn/
/ˌɑːrktɪk ˈtɜːrn/
- a bird with a red beak that produces its young in the Arctic and spends the winter (= the southern summer) in the AntarcticTopics Birdsc2
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