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STERNA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Sterninae

Synonyms:

genus Sterna; Sterna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sterna" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Sterna"):

sea swallow; Sterna hirundo (common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage)

Holonyms ("Sterna" is a member of...):

Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae (terns)

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