HyperDic: subfamily_sterninae

English > 1 sense of the expression subfamily Sterninae:
NOUNanimalsubfamily Sterninae, Sterninaeterns
English > subfamily Sterninae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningterns.
SynonymSterninae
Member ofLaridae, family Laridaegull family
MembersSterna, genus SternaA genus of Sterninae
ternsmall slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
SpanishSterninae, subfamilia Sterninae

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