Definitions
small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
Word origin
Via an East Anglian dialect, from some Scandinavian (North Germanic) language, related to Danish terne, Norwegian terne, and Swedish tärna, all from Old Norse þerna (“tern; maidservant”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *þewernā (“handmaid, young girl”). First attested in the 1670s.
Used in a sentence
“And yet, now even, if Madonna willed, / She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery, / And better all things.”
“tern flowers tern leaves”
“a tern schooner, one with three masts”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Fork-tailed seabird”4 letters
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