SUBFAMILY STERNINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Sterninae mean? 

• SUBFAMILY STERNINAE (noun)
  The noun SUBFAMILY STERNINAE has 1 sense:

1. terns

  Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY STERNINAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBFAMILY STERNINAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae

Hypernyms ("subfamily 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 "subfamily Sterninae"):

tern (small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail)

genus Sterna; Sterna (a genus of Sterninae)

Holonyms ("subfamily Sterninae" is a member of...):

family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)