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Arctic tern

or arctic tern

noun

  1. a tern, Sterna paradisaea, resembling the common tern, that breeds in Arctic and north temperate regions and winters in Antarctic regions.

arctic tern

noun

  1. a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Arctic tern1

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

It becomes rarer in Scotland, where it is largely replaced by the Arctic Tern.

Made a drawing of the Arctic Tern, of which a great number breed here.

They nest on islands off the coast of Alaska, sometimes together with the Arctic Tern.

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