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tern (n.)
gull-like shore bird (subfamily
Sterninae
), 1670s, via East Anglian dialect, from a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish
terne
, Swedish
tärna
, Færoese
terna
) related to Old Norse
þerna
"tern," cognate with Old English
stearn
"starling."
