- genus Sterna
- nouna genus of Sterninae• Syn: ↑Sterna• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Sterninae, ↑subfamily Sterninae• Member Meronyms: ↑sea swallow, ↑Sterna hirundo
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genus Sterna
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Sterna — Taxobox name = Sterna image width = 250px image caption = Common Tern by the River Thames regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Sternidae genus = Sterna genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758 subdivision… … Wikipedia
Sterna — noun a genus of Sterninae • Syn: ↑genus Sterna • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sterninae, ↑subfamily Sterninae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Sterna hirundo — noun common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage • Syn: ↑sea swallow • Hypernyms: ↑tern • Member Holonyms: ↑Sterna, ↑genus Sterna … Useful english dictionary
Sterna (disambiguation) — Sterna may refer to: *Sterna, a genus of birds *Sterna (Peloponnese), Greece *Sterna, Drama, Greece *Sterna, Evros, Greece … Wikipedia
Sterna Antillarum — Tern Tern (t[ e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw. t[ a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sterna Dougalli — Tern Tern (t[ e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw. t[ a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sterna fuliginosa — Tern Tern (t[ e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw. t[ a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sterna hirundo — Tern Tern (t[ e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw. t[ a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sterna maxima — Tern Tern (t[ e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw. t[ a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sterna paradisaea — Tern Tern (t[ e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw. t[ a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
