- subfamily Sterninae
- nounterns• Syn: ↑Sterninae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Laridae, ↑family Laridae• Member Meronyms: ↑tern, ↑Sterna, ↑genus Sterna
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subfamily Sterninae
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Sterninae — noun terns • Syn: ↑subfamily Sterninae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Laridae, ↑family Laridae • Member Meronyms: ↑tern … Useful english dictionary
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tern — tern1 /terrn/, n. any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, esp.… … Universalium
genus Sterna — noun a genus of Sterninae • Syn: ↑Sterna • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sterninae, ↑subfamily Sterninae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Sterna — noun a genus of Sterninae • Syn: ↑genus Sterna • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sterninae, ↑subfamily Sterninae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Laridae — noun gull family: gulls and terns • Syn: ↑Laridae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Lari, ↑suborder Lari • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Laridae — noun gull family: gulls and terns • Syn: ↑family Laridae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Lari, ↑suborder Lari • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Laridae — family of birds (of the order Charadriiformes) that comprises the gulls (subfamily Larinae) and the terns (subfamily Sterninae). See gull; tern. * * * … Universalium
tern — noun Etymology: of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish terne tern Date: 1678 any of various chiefly marine birds (subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae and especially genus Sterna) that differ from the related gulls in usually smaller size, a … New Collegiate Dictionary
Tern — Taxobox name = Terns image width = 250px image caption =Greater Crested Tern regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes subordo = Lari familia = Sternidae familia authority = Bonaparte, 1838 subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
