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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of Sterninæ, or subgenus of Sterna, containing those large terns whose black cap extends into a slight occipital crest, and whose feet are black. See Sterna and tern.

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  • Oh. Those large terns.

    July 6, 2022