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SEA SWALLOW
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage
Synonyms:
sea swallow; Sterna hirundo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea swallow" is a kind of...):
tern (small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail)
Holonyms ("sea swallow" is a member of...):
genus Sterna; Sterna (a genus of Sterninae)