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STERNINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sterninae mean? 

STERNINAE (noun)
  The noun STERNINAE has 1 sense:

1. ternsplay

  Familiarity information: STERNINAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STERNINAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Terns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae

Hypernyms ("Sterninae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Sterninae"):

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

genus Sterna; Sterna (a genus of Sterninae)

Holonyms ("Sterninae" is a member of...):

family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)


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