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common tern

common tern noun: a small, gull-like shore bird of the species Sterna hirundo, of wide geographic distribution.

common tern: a small, gull-like shore bird of the species Sterna hirundo, of wide geographic distribution
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Noun

common tern (plural common terns)

  1. A small, gull-like shore bird of the species Sterna hirundo, of wide geographic distribution.

common tern meaning in Tamil

common tern in Tamil

common tern, Sterna hirundo
ஆலா ālā
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Dhivehi
ވައްލަ valla

Forms of common tern

pluralcommon terns

Questions about common tern

What does common tern mean?
Common tern means a small, gull-like shore bird of the species Sterna hirundo, of wide geographic distribution.
What is common tern in Tamil?
Common tern in Tamil is ஆலா (ālā). See Common tern meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is common tern?
Common tern is a noun.
What is the plural of common tern?
The plural of common tern is common terns.

Words near common tern in the dictionary

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  2. common tarweeds
  3. common teal
  4. common teals
  5. common term
  6. common tern
  7. common terns
  8. common thread
  9. common threads
  10. common three-ring
  11. common three-rings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: common tern (page history and authors); ஆலா (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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