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STERNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sterna mean?
• STERNA (noun)
The noun STERNA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Sterninae
Familiarity information: STERNA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Sterninae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sterna; Sterna
Hypernyms ("Sterna" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Sterna"):
sea swallow; Sterna hirundo (common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage)
Holonyms ("Sterna" is a member of...):
Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae (terns)
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