Dictionary Entry
tern
tern is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.
- 2adjective
Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
- 3adjective
That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
- 4noun
small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
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