tern
noun/tɜːn/
/tɜːrn/
- a bird with long pointed wings and a tail with two points that lives near the seaTopics Birdsc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: of Scandinavian origin; related to Danish terne and Swedish tärna, both from Old Norse therna.
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