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tern

[turn] / tɜrn /
NOUN
schooner
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Laboratory testing confirmed the disease had infected a greater crested tern in the town of Robe, South Australia.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Five other seabirds were already on the list - the puffin, kittiwake, herring gull, roseate tern and arctic skua.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2024

Of note, the scientists found all these mutations also in the tern, the first such finding.

From Science Daily Feb. 28, 2024

That could damage habitats for local wildlife, including the endangered Texas hornshell mussel and the least tern, a small bird that nests along rivers, and affect the Monarch butterfly that migrates through the area.

From Reuters Aug. 11, 2023

Seeing them come near, the tern darted up in alarm, but Serafina Pekkala signaled friendship, and he dropped down beside them.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman




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