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GENUS STERNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sterna mean?
• GENUS STERNA (noun)
The noun GENUS STERNA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Sterninae
Familiarity information: GENUS 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 ("genus Sterna" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sterna"):
sea swallow; Sterna hirundo (common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage)
Holonyms ("genus Sterna" is a member of...):
Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae (terns)
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