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    STERNA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Sterninaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sterna; Sterna

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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