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STERNA HIRUNDO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sterna hirundo mean?
• STERNA HIRUNDO (noun)
The noun STERNA HIRUNDO has 1 sense:
1. common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage
Familiarity information: STERNA HIRUNDO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
sea swallow; Sterna hirundo
Hypernyms ("Sterna hirundo" is a kind of...):
tern (small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail)
Holonyms ("Sterna hirundo" is a member of...):
genus Sterna; Sterna (a genus of Sterninae)
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