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sooty tern

sooty tern noun: a seabird of species Onychoprion fuscatus, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Noun

sooty tern (plural sooty terns)

  1. A seabird of species Onychoprion fuscatus, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Forms of sooty tern

pluralsooty terns

Questions about sooty tern

What does sooty tern mean?
Sooty tern means a seabird of species Onychoprion fuscatus, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans.
What part of speech is sooty tern?
Sooty tern is a noun.
What is the plural of sooty tern?
The plural of sooty tern is sooty terns.

Words near sooty tern in the dictionary

  1. sooty orange tip
  2. sooty orange tips
  3. sooty oystercatcher
  4. sooty shearwater
  5. sooty stripe
  6. sooty tern
  7. sooty terns
  8. sooty-headed bulbul
  9. sooty-headed wren
  10. sootying
  11. soowee

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