Definition of Subfamily Sterninae

1. Noun. Terns.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subfamily Sterninae

subfamily Mephitinae
subfamily Merginae
subfamily Mimosoideae
subfamily Nelumbonaceae
subfamily Numididae
subfamily Numidinae
subfamily Papilionoideae
subfamily Perdicidae
subfamily Perdicinae
subfamily Peristediinae
subfamily Petauristidae
subfamily Philadelphaceae
subfamily Potoroinae
subfamily Pythoninae
subfamily Smilacaceae
subfamily Sterninae (current term)
subfamily Sylviinae
subfamily Taxodiaceae
subfamily Triglinae
subfamily Uvulariaceae
subfeature
subfeatures
subfemtomolar
subfemtosecond
subfenestral
subfertile
subfertility
subfeu
subfeued

Literary usage of Subfamily Sterninae

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

1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Gulls. 3. Upper mandible perfectly straight and sharp-pointed; outer tail feathers generally longest . subfamily Sterninae. ..."

2. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"K. Worthen of Warsaw, 11l., in September 1900, on the Mississippi River, bounding Clark Co., Mo., in the northeast corner of the state. subfamily Sterninae. ..."

3. A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri by Otto Widmann (1907)
"K. Worthen of Warsaw, Ill., in September 1900, on the Mississippi River, bounding Clark Co., Mo., in the northeast corner of the state. subfamily Sterninae. ..."

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