tern
Example Sentences
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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
We know this because the virus sequence in the tern retained all mammal-adaptation mutations.
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
Off-leash dogs are putting at risk the survival of the endangered California least tern and threatened western snowy plover at their habitat at the Santa Ana River mouth, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
You take away the sleek white feathers of the tern and put on stubby dark ones.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
