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white-winged tern

white-winged tern noun: chlidonias leucopterus, a species of tern in the family Laridae.

white-winged tern: chlidonias leucopterus, a species of tern in the family Laridae
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Noun

white-winged tern (plural white-winged terns)

  1. Chlidonias leucopterus, a species of tern in the family Laridae.

Forms of white-winged tern

pluralwhite-winged terns

Questions about white-winged tern

What does white-winged tern mean?
White-winged tern means chlidonias leucopterus, a species of tern in the family Laridae.
What part of speech is white-winged tern?
White-winged tern is a noun.
What is the plural of white-winged tern?
The plural of white-winged tern is white-winged terns.

Words near white-winged tern in the dictionary

  1. white-winged fairywrens
  2. white-winged parakeet
  3. white-winged parakeets
  4. white-winged scoter
  5. white-winged scoters
  6. white-winged tern
  7. white-winged terns
  8. Whiteabbey
  9. Whiteacre
  10. Whiteadder
  11. Whiteaker

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