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sooty tern

noun

a black and white tern, Sterna fuscata, of small tropical islands.

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Words nearby sooty tern

sooty blotch, sooty grouse, sooty mold, sooty mould, sooty shearwater, sooty tern, sop, sop up, sop., sopa, sopaipilla

Origin of sooty tern

First recorded in 1775–85
Also called wide-awake.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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  • The sooty-tern is sometimes called the sea-swallow, on account of its form and power of flight.

    Wake-Robin|John Burroughs