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Arctic tern

Syllabification: (Arc·tic tern)
Definition of Arctic tern

noun

  • a red-billed tern that breeds in the Arctic and adjacent areas, migrating to Antarctic regions for the winter.
    • Sterna paradisaea, family Sternidae

Arctic tern in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Arctic tern in the British & World English dictionary