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STERNINAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sterninae mean?
• STERNINAE (noun)
The noun STERNINAE has 1 sense:
1. terns
Familiarity information: STERNINAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae
Hypernyms ("Sterninae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "Sterninae"):
tern (small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail)
genus Sterna; Sterna (a genus of Sterninae)
Holonyms ("Sterninae" is a member of...):
family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)
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