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Arctic tern is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ARCTIC TERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Arctic tern

The Arctic tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. The species is strongly migratory, seeing two summers each year as it migrates along a convoluted route from its northern breeding grounds to the Antarctic coast. Recent studies have shown average annual roundtrip lengths of about 70,900 km for birds nesting in Iceland and Greenland and c. 90,000 km for birds nesting in the Netherlands. These are by far the longest migrations known in the animal kingdom. The Arctic tern flies as well as glides through the air, performing almost all of its tasks in the air. It nests once every one to three years; once it has finished nesting it takes to the sky for another long southern migration. Arctic terns are medium-sized birds. They have a length of 33–39 cm and a wingspan of 76–85 cm. They are mainly grey and white plumaged, with a red beak and feet, white forehead, a black nape and crown, and white cheeks. The grey mantle is 305 mm, and the scapulae are fringed brown, some tipped white.

Definition of arctic tern in the English dictionary

The definition of arctic tern in the dictionary is a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARCTIC TERN

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arctic char
arctic charr
Arctic Circle
arctic fox
arctic hare
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Ocean
arctic redpoll
arctic skua
arctic willow
Arctic Zone
arctically
arctiid
Arctogaea
Arctogaean
arctoid
arctophil
arctophile
arctophilia

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARCTIC TERN

black tern
eastern
extern
intern
Kaiserslautern
lantern
little tern
Middle Eastern
Midwestern
northeastern
northwestern
pattern
roseate tern
sandwich tern
southeastern
southwestern
stern
tern
western
white-fronted tern

Synonyms and antonyms of arctic tern in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «arctic tern» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARCTIC TERN

Find out the translation of arctic tern to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of arctic tern from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «arctic tern» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

北极燕鸥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

charrán ártico
570 millions of speakers

English

arctic tern
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आर्कटिक टर्न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخرشنة القطبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Полярная крачка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mar ártica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুমেরু ত্রয়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sterne arctique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ternak arktik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Küstenseeschwalbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キョクアジサシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

북극 제비 갈매기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arktik tern
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chim nhạn Bắc Cực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்க்டிக் டெர்ன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आर्कटिक टर्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kuzey sumrusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tern artico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rybitwa popielata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Полярна крячок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tern arctic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρτικογλάρονο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Arktiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

silvertärna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rødnebbterna
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARCTIC TERN»

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Migrating with the Arctic Tern
Learn about the Arctic tern and its migration patterns.
Thessaly Catt, 2011
2
Okay for Now
In this stunning novel, Schmidt expertly weaves multiple themes of loss and recovery in a story teeming with distinctive, unusual characters and invaluable lessons about love, creativity, and survival.
Gary D. Schmidt, 2011
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Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide
Most closely resembling the Arctic Tern and the Antarctic Tern, the Common Tern stands slightly taller than those two species, has longer legs, and a slightly longer and very slightly downcurved bill, quite unlike the short, pointy bills of the other ...
Ian Sinclair, Ian Hugh Davidson, 1995
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Breathtaking Birds
The arctic tern inhabits the coastal waters, lakes, and marshlands of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. It is a medium-gray color with a black cap and nape. It is pale underneath and has a bright red bill. The arctic tern has ...
Buddy Davis, Kay Davis, 2006
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Tundra
The tern most typical of the Arctic tundra is the arctic tern (Sterna paradisea). Like many other tundra birds, it is circumboreal in its distribution and nests on open ground, often on shingle ridges, where its speckled eggs are difficult to detect ...
Peter D. Moore, 2009
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Arctic Tern Migration
Introduces the Arctic tern, describing its physical characteristics, breeding habits, life cycle, and migration patterns between northern and southern climates throughout the year.
Rebecca E. Hirsch, 2012
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The Song of the Arctic Tern
A surprise conclusion is brought about by the devastating Good Friday earthquake. The suspense of this story is later concluded in a sequel entitled, The Promise of The Rainbow.
Paul Sell, Wansfell, 2004
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The Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of ...
Of all birds, the Arctic Tern performs the longest known regular migration. These birds breed in the northern hemisphere, from temperate latitudes to the most northerly land in the world: the tip of Greenland, all the islands of Arctic Canada and ...
‎2007
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Encyclopedia of the Arctic
This and the Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) are the only true terns of the Arctic region. The latest has a circumpolar range extending as far north as Ellesmere Island in Canada, Kap Morris Jesup in Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, and ...
Mark Nuttall, 2012
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Encyclopedia of the Antarctic
The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) has a circumpo- lar distribution, breeding abundantly in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America in colonies on coastlines, islands, and occasionally inland on tundra near water.
Beau Riffenburgh, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARCTIC TERN»

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WINGING IT: One good tern deserves another
New Hampshire Seacoast: Roseate Tern, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Laughing Gull, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Laughing Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, ... «Wicked Local Essex, Jul 15»
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Rare bird alert: Bank swallows have complex social and mating lives
An Arctic tern, a roseate tern, 20 common terns, two laughing gulls, six Bonepart's gulls, a piping plover and a purple martin were all seen in ... «WMUR Manchester, Jul 15»
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Arctic Tern, new Yellowknife company, publishes canoe route maps
Frustrated by the lack of a detailed canoe map for their paddling adventures, a local engineer and his partner have developed a series of ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
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Back to birding basics as breeding in full swing
The first Arctic Tern had just starting laying eggs on June 15 and I observed a flock of 68 Stilt Sandpipers, likely non-breeders or nest failures ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jun 15»
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Column: The Life of a Bird Is Not Exactly Free
Some dramatic migratory birds, like the Arctic tern (44,000 miles annually), get all the attention; but during the spring and fall migration seasons ... «Valley News, Jun 15»
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Audubon speaker Scott Weidensaul celebrates the wonder of bird …
The Arctic tern may make the world's longest migration as it flies as far as 51,000 miles between northern Canada and Antarctica, making ... «Helena Independent Record, Jun 15»
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The Arctic Tern
I first read about the arctic tern while researching bird migration. It is a special bird because it flies more distance in migration than any other ... «The Daily Star, May 15»
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Arctic Tern Arrives Week Late
The Arctic tern has arrived in Iceland a week later than usual, ... Arctic tern nesting has gone badly in parts of Iceland in recent years due to a ... «IcelandReview, May 15»
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Tim Sexton: Now it's the turn of the tern!
They are one of the longest distance migrants of any species of bird and the arctic tern holds the record with an annual migration journey of ... «Nottingham Post, Apr 15»
10
The Little Bird that Could
But the blackpoll warbler is much smaller than an Arctic tern. It's even half the size of the northern wheatear, the previous record holder for ... «Discovery Institute, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Arctic tern [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/arctic-tern>. May 2024 ».
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