What is the difference between sternidae and tern?
sternidae | tern |
Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together.
(dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
* Mrs Browning
threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate
sternidae
Not English
Sternidae has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'sternidae':
saturnine, strangle, streamline, sauterne, sternutate, stearine, streamwise, streamside, streamable, strongside, strongyle, stormlike, stringlike, streamlike, sterndrive, sternite, strinkle, strainable, stereome, strunzite, sturmanite, strengite, strombite, sternage, sternebrae, stearone, starnose, setireme, strumose, strandeetern
English
Etymology 1
From a Scandinavian language, related to Danish terne'', Swedish '' , ultimately from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* arctic tern * black tern * common tern * crested tern * greater crested tern * hooded tern * lesser crested tern * marsh tern * river tern * roseate tern * sooty tern * swift ternSee also
* sea swallow * (wikipedia) * (Sternidae) * (Sternidae)Etymology 2
(etyl) terne. See (tern) (adjective).Noun
(en noun)- She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery.
Adjective
(-)- tern''' flowers; '''tern leaves
- a tern schooner, one with three masts