a seabird related to the gulls, typically smaller and more slender, with long pointed wings and a forked tail
a set of three, especially three lottery numbers that when drawn together win a large prize
a red-billed tern that breeds in the Arctic and adjacent areas, migrating to Antarctic regions for the winter
a small white tropical tern that lays its single egg on a narrow ledge or on the bare branch of a tree. When it flies against a bright sky, the wings appear somewhat translucent, allowing the bone structure to be seen
a large oceanic tern that is blackish above and white below, and breeds throughout the tropical oceans
used in names of birds with partly pink plumage, e.g., roseate tern, roseate spoonbill
used in names of birds and other animals that are mainly blackish or brownish black, e.g., sooty tern