What is "terns"

Usage examples of "terns".

The white terns look dirtied in the somber light and they fly stiffly, feeling out an element they no longer trust.

Normally, Chase would have turned several yards before the end of the cul-de-sac, but in the bay beyond he saw a flock of terns feeding, and the sunlight on their white bodies and on the water that splashed as they dove looked like a spray of diamonds.

He kept going toward the wall, pointing out the terns to Max, who sped by him and circled to a stop.

Gulls bred there, and terns, and though people sometimes beached their boats to swim or picnic, anyone who ventured inland beyond the dunes risked scalp lacerations from being dive-bombed by birds protecting their nests.

Every year, in July, the rival chiefs would gather on Orongo, the old stone village up on Rano Kao crater, to watch for the arrival of the sooty terns on the islet of Motu Nui.

The ceremony was held overlooking a salt marsh, with willets, terns, and three hundred guests bearing witness.

Gulls wheeled over their head, and terns flitted after, but finding no food, banked away.