Meanings
nounsooty tern (plural sooty terns)
plural sooty terns
- A seabird of species Onychoprion fuscatus, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Translations
Swedish sottärna
- sottärnaO. fuscatus
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APA
sooty tern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sooty%20tern
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“sooty tern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sooty%20tern. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sooty tern,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sooty%20tern.
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