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  • noun Plural form of tern.

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Examples

  • ` ` It's difficult to overcome the way we started the game in terns of turning the ball over, '' Kings coach Reggie Theus said.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Despite the numerous forecasts claiming that Hanna would pass well to the west and not dump buckets of rain on us until later in the evening, the heavens opened up just as we were about to walk to the point to see how many of what kind of terns we could see.

    power of the plover 2008

  • Despite the numerous forecasts claiming that Hanna would pass well to the west and not dump buckets of rain on us until later in the evening, the heavens opened up just as we were about to walk to the point to see how many of what kind of terns we could see.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • We spin round fantastic Garajáo, [Footnote: Not the meaningless Garajão, as travellers will write it.] the wart-nosed cliff of 'terns' or

    To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • Governmental agencies and conservation groups have put countless hours and dollars toward protecting other seabird populations such as terns - but little has been done for great cormorants, he said.

    Statesman - AP Sports 2009

  • Governmental agencies and conservation groups have put countless hours and dollars toward protecting other seabird populations such as terns - but little has been done for great cormorants, he said.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • Many unique species of aquatic life including crabs, frogs and mudskippers, water birds such as terns, kingfishers, darters and cormorants, and animals such as otters and turtles live in and alongside the backwaters.

    unknown title 2009

  • Governmental agencies and conservation groups have put countless hours and dollars toward protecting other seabird populations such as terns - but little has been done for great cormorants, he said.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2009

  • Governmental agencies and conservation groups have put countless hours and dollars toward protecting other seabird populations such as terns - but little has been done for great cormorants, he said.

    unknown title 2009

  • Governmental agencies and conservation groups have put countless hours and dollars toward protecting other seabird populations such as terns - but little has been done for great cormorants, he said.

    unknown title 2009

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