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SUBFAMILY STERNINAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terns
Synonyms:
Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subfamily Sterninae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "subfamily Sterninae"):
tern (small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail)
genus Sterna; Sterna (a genus of Sterninae)
Holonyms ("subfamily Sterninae" is a member of...):
family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)
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