sooty tern
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noun
a black and white tern, Sterna fuscata, of small tropical islands.
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Nearby words
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.
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Examples from the Web for sooty tern
The sooty-tern is sometimes called the sea-swallow, on account of its form and power of flight.
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