tern — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.

   Parole correlate

   sea swallow

   Termini più specifici

   angel ternarctic ternblack ternbridled ternCabot's ternCaspian terncommic terncommon terncrested ternfairy ternForster's terngreater crested terngull-billed ternhooded ternleast ternlesser crested ternlittle ternmarsh ternriver ternroseate ternrosy ternroyal ternsandwich ternSandwich ternsooty ternswift ternwhiskered ternwhite ternwhite-winged ternWilson's tern

Sostantivo

1. A thing with three components; a set of three things.

   Uso

   • datato
   • obsoleto

2. A thing with three components; a set of three things. A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.

   Uso

   • datato
   • obsoleto

   Esempi

   And yet, now even, if Madonna willed, / She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery, / And better all things.

Aggettivo

1. Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.

   Uso

   • not-comparable
   • raro

   Sinonimi

   ternarytrebletrine

   Esempi

   tern flowers tern leaves

   a tern schooner, one with three masts

Sostantivo

1. small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail

   Termini più generali

   larid