Meanings
nounblack tern (plural black terns)
plural black terns
- A small seabird (Chlidonias niger), of the tern family (Sternidae)
Translations
Dutch zwarte stern
- zwarte sternblack tern
Finnish mustatiira
- mustatiirablack tern
French guifette noire
- guifette noireblack tern
German Trauerseeschwalbe
- Trauerseeschwalbeblack tern
Irish geabhróg dhubh
- geabhróg dhubhblack tern
Portuguese gaivina-preta
- gaivina-pretablack tern
Romanian chirighiță neagră
- chirighiță neagrăblack tern
Russian чёрная боло́тная кра́чка
- чёрная боло́тная кра́чка (čórnaja bolótnaja kráčka)black tern
Spanish fumarel común, gaviotín negro
- fumarel comúnblack tern
- gaviotín negroblack tern
Swedish svarttärna
- svarttärnablack tern
Ukrainian крячо́к чо́рний
- крячо́к чо́рний (krjačók čórnyj)black tern
Cite this entry
APA
black tern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20tern
MLA
“black tern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20tern. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black tern,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20tern.
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