tern
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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
The area is known for seals and also has the largest tern and black-headed gull colony in mainland Scotland.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
For the study, scientists collected brain samples from four sea lions, one fur seal and a tern found dead at the most affected sea lion rookery in Argentina.
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
It talks and makes picturs and I got to tern it on just before I go to sleep.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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