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"Tern" Definition

noun

A three-masted schooner.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Any of various sea birds of the genus Sterna and related genera, related to and resembling the gulls but characteristically smaller and having a forked tail.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Games A set of three, especially a combination of three numbers that wins a lottery.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Any of various chiefly marine birds (subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae and especially genus ) that differ from the related gulls in usually smaller size, a more slender build, a sharply pointed bill, narrower wings, and an often forked tail.

Source: Merriam-Webster

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