Arctic tern

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noun

a tern, Sterna paradisaea, resembling the common tern, that breeds in Arctic and north temperate regions and winters in Antarctic regions.

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Origin of Arctic tern

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby Arctic tern

Arcticologist, Arcticology, Arctic Red River, Arctic seal, Arctic Stream, Arctic tern, arctic willow, Arctic Zone, arctiid, Arctogaea, Arctogaean

How to use Arctic tern in a sentence

It becomes rarer in Scotland, where it is largely replaced by the Arctic Tern.
British Sea Birds|Charles Dixon
Made a drawing of the Arctic Tern, of which a great number breed here.
Audubon and his Journals, Volume I (of 2)|Maria R. Audubon
They nest on islands off the coast of Alaska, sometimes together with the Arctic Tern.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed

British Dictionary definitions for Arctic tern

arctic tern

noun

a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic

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