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English
Noun
sooty tern (plural sooty terns)
- A seabird of species Onychoprion fuscatus, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans.
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
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