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fairy tern

fairy tern noun: a small tern, Sternula nereis, which is native to the southwestern Pacific.

Noun

fairy tern (plural fairy terns)

  1. A small tern, Sternula nereis, which is native to the southwestern Pacific.
  2. Synonym of white tern.
    Synonyms:
    white tern

Synonyms of fairy tern

Forms of fairy tern

pluralfairy terns

Questions about fairy tern

What does fairy tern mean?
Fairy tern means a small tern, Sternula nereis, which is native to the southwestern Pacific.
What part of speech is fairy tern?
Fairy tern is a noun.
What is the plural of fairy tern?
The plural of fairy tern is fairy terns.

Words near fairy tern in the dictionary

  1. fairy swallows
  2. fairy swords
  3. fairy tale
  4. fairy tale-like
  5. fairy tales
  6. fairy tern
  7. fairy terns
  8. fairy thorn
  9. fairy thorns
  10. fairy wand
  11. fairy wands

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