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Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
tern
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A thing with three components; a set of three things.datedobsolete
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A thing with three components; a set of three things.; A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.datedobsolete
- And yet, now even, if Madonna willed, / She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery, / And better all things.
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Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.not-comparablerare
- tern flowers tern leaves
- a tern schooner, one with three masts