sooty tern

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English

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Noun

sooty tern (plural sooty terns)

  1. 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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