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STERNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sterna mean? 

STERNA (noun)
  The noun STERNA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Sterninaeplay

  Familiarity information: STERNA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STERNA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Sterninae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sterna; Sterna

Hypernyms ("Sterna" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Sterna"):

sea swallow; Sterna hirundo (common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage)

Holonyms ("Sterna" is a member of...):

Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae (terns)


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