tern

About 0.73 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
2. noun A thing with three components; a set of three things. A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
3. noun A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
4. adjective Consisting of three components; ternate, threefold, triple.

   tern flowers tern leaves

Similar words

scray sterne triad terne sternid stern common tern little tern starling forster's tern

Often followed by

of is and in sterna was to for has

Word family

terns