Definition of Sterninae

1. Noun. Terns.

Exact synonyms: Subfamily Sterninae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Laridae, Laridae
Member holonyms: Tern, Genus Sterna, Sterna

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterninae

Stercorariidae
Stercorarius
Stercorarius parasiticus
Sterculia acerifolia
Sterculia apetala
Sterculia foetida
Sterculia rupestris
Sterculiaceae
Sterculius
Stereospondyli
Sterling
Sterna
Sterna hirundo
Sterne
Sternean
Sterninae (current term)
Sternotherus
Sterope
Stesichorus
Stetson
Steuben
Steve
Steve Martin
Steve Reich
Steven
Steven Spielberg
Steven Weinberg
Stevenage
Stevens
Stevens' law

Literary usage of Sterninae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... said to be hard or soft according to the season, and possibly shed after the manner of certain Auks.3 In the Sterninae the beak is nearly straight and 1 ..."

2. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1909)
"A Review of the Terns [SternInae] of North America. Proc. Acad. Nat . Scl. Philadelphia, Vol. XIV, December, 1862, pp. 535 559. Republished, with additions ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Sterninae becomes Sternidae, because raised to family rank. (Cf. Ridgway, Bull. US Nat. Mus., No. 50, VIII, June 26, 1919, p. 449. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"to the Sterninae, is expressive of a strong analogy, traceable both in general conditions and special characters. As to the former, I need only refer to ..."

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