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
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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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