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SEA SWALLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea swallow mean? 

SEA SWALLOW (noun)
  The noun SEA SWALLOW has 1 sense:

1. common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumageplay

  Familiarity information: SEA SWALLOW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEA SWALLOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sea swallow; Sterna hirundo

Hypernyms ("sea swallow" is a kind of...):

tern (small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail)

Holonyms ("sea swallow" is a member of...):

genus Sterna; Sterna (a genus of Sterninae)


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