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Definition of Terns
1. tern [n] - See also: tern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terns
Literary usage of Terns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"Gulls are better swimmers than terns, and pass much time resting on the water.
They nest in colonies, generally on the ground, sometimes on rocky ledges, ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"GULLS AND terns. This family contains about one hundred species divided equally
... As compared with terns, (hills are less graceful and active on the wing. ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"His tirsi visit there was from the gth to the lyth of April, and during this
period he did not see any Least terns (Sterna ..."
4. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1904)
"While allied very closely to the gulls, that come out of the far north in the
winter to visit us, the terns reverse the order and come out of the south in ..."
5. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1898)
"While allied very closely to the gulls, that come out of the far north in the
winter to visit us, the terns reverse the order and come out of the south in ..."
6. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"terns are birds of similar plumage to the Gulls, but their forms are less robust •nd
the bills are generally longer and sharply pointed. ..."
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