tern
/tɜːn/ · noun
Meaning
- Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
- That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together.
- A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.
- Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate
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