"Sandwich tern" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Sandwich terns [plural]
Etymology: From Sandwich in Kent, England, the type locality. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sandwich tern (plural Sandwich terns)
  1. A species of tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis. Wikipedia link: Sandwich Categories (lifeform): Terns Synonyms: sandwich tern Translations (species of tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis): grote stern (Dutch), riuttatiira (Finnish), sterne caugek [feminine] (French), Brandseeschwalbe [feminine] (German), geabhróg scothdhubh [feminine] (Irish), beccapesci [masculine] (Italian), gant eairkagh [masculine] (Manx), gant mooar [masculine] (Manx), tónteel táshchozhii tsiiyahwozhí bidaaʼ kʼídzítsooígíí (Navajo), пестроно́сая кра́чка (pestronósaja kráčka) [feminine] (Russian), charrán patinegro [masculine] (Spanish), kentsk tärna [common-gender] (Swedish)

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