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arctic tern

arctic tern noun: a migratory bird that travels between the Arctic and Antarctic, Sterna paradisaea.

arctic tern: a migratory bird that travels between the Arctic and Antarctic, Sterna paradisaea
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Noun (1)

arctic tern (plural arctic terns)

  1. A migratory bird that travels between the Arctic and Antarctic, Sterna paradisaea.

Noun (2) capitalized: Arctic tern

Arctic tern (plural Arctic terns)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of arctic tern.

Forms of arctic tern

pluralarctic terns
alternative formArctic tern
pluralArctic terns

Questions about arctic tern

What does arctic tern mean?
Arctic tern means a migratory bird that travels between the Arctic and Antarctic, Sterna paradisaea.
What part of speech is arctic tern?
Arctic tern is a noun.
What is the plural of arctic tern?
The plural of arctic tern is arctic terns.

Words near arctic tern in the dictionary

  1. Arctic Sea
  2. Arctic sea smoke
  3. Arctic skua
  4. Arctic skuas
  5. Arctic smoke
  6. arctic tern
  7. arctic terns
  8. Arctic Village
  9. Arctic warbler
  10. Arctic warblers
  11. arctic willow

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