noun
tern
Tern (noun) means a seabird similar to a gull but smaller, with a forked tail.
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A seabird similar to a gull but smaller, with a forked tail.
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Etymology
Via an East Anglian dialect, from some Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, related to Danish terne, Norwegian terne, and Swedish tärna, all from Old Norse þerna (“tern; maidservant”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā (“handmaid, young girl”). First attested in the 1670s.
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"tern" (noun) means a seabird similar to a gull but smaller, with a forked tail.
