Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - tern
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Tern
tern
noun Etymology: of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish ~e ~ Date: 1678 any of various chiefly marine birds (subfamily S~inae of the family Laridae and especially genus S~a) that differ from the related gulls in usually smaller size, a more slender build, a sharply pointed bill, narrower wings, and an often forked tail
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1. n. any marine bird of the subfamily Sterninae, like a gull but usu. smaller and with a long forked tail. Etymology: of Scand. orig.: cf. Da. terne, Sw. t{auml}rna f. ON therna 2. n. 1 a set of three, esp. three lottery numbers that when drawn together win a large prize. 2 such a prize. Etymology: F terne f. L terni three each ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) крачка (Sterna) 2) болотная крачка (Chlidonias) – Aleutian tern – Antarctic tern – Arctic tern – black tern – bridled tern – Caspian tern – common tern – crested tern – Damara tern – elegant tern – fairy tern – gull-billed tern – inca tern – Indian river tern – least tern – lesser crested tern – little tern – marsh tern – noddy tern – roseate tern – royal tern – sandwich tern – sooty tern – spectacled tern – swift tern – whiskered tern – white tern – white-fronted tern – white-winged tern – yellow-billed tern ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. крачка (Sterna spp.) 2. три предмета, тройка 3. уст. две тройки (при игре в кости) 4. три выигрышных билета (в лотерее) 5. выигрыш на счастливую тройку 6. три куплета ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun крачка (птица) II noun 1) три предмета; три числа и т.п.; тройка 2) три выигрышных билета в лотерее ...Англо-русский словарь
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(terns) A tern is a small black and white seabird with long wings and a forked tail. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
English abbreviation dictionary
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- 1678, via E.Anglian dialect, from a Scand. source related to O.N. юerna "tern," cognate with O.E. stearn. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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