"little tern" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: little terns [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n Head templates: {{en-noun}} little tern (plural little terns)
  1. The seabird Sternula albifrons. Wikipedia link: little tern Categories (lifeform): Terns Translations (Sternula albifrons): xatrac menut [masculine] (Catalan), dwergstern [feminine] (Dutch), pikkutiira (Finnish), sterne naine [feminine] (French), Zwergseeschwalbe [feminine] (German), geabhróg bheag [feminine] (Irish), 쇠제비갈매기 (soejebigalmaegi) (Korean), rybitwa białoczelna [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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