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arctic tern

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A migratory bird that travels between the Arctic and Antarctic, Sterna paradisaea.

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of arctic tern.

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: cidelggezi — Sterna paradisaea
  • Catalan: xatrac àrtic — Sterna paradisaea
  • Dutch: noordse stern — Sterna paradisaea
  • Faroese: terna — Sterna paradisaea
  • Finnish: lapintiira — Sterna paradisaea
  • French: sterne arctique — Sterna paradisaea
  • German: Küstenseeschwalbe — Sterna paradisaea
  • Greenlandic: imeqqutaalaq — Sterna paradisaea
  • Hawaiian: ʻimikukailaka — Sterna paradisaea
  • Inupiaq: mitqutaiḷaq — Sterna paradisaea
  • Irish: geabhróg Artach — Sterna paradisaea
  • Japanese: 極鰺刺 (kyoku-ajisashi) — Sterna paradisaea
  • Lower Tanana: tr'iyhtr'a — Sterna paradisaea
  • Manx: gant ny gibbinyn — Sterna paradisaea
  • Portuguese: andorinha do Ártico — Sterna paradisaea
  • Portuguese: andorinha ártica — Sterna paradisaea
  • Romanian: chiră polară — Sterna paradisaea
  • Russian: поля́рная кра́чка (poljárnaja kráčka) — Sterna paradisaea
  • Akkala Sami: tjerre — Sterna paradisaea
  • Inari-Sami: čerrih — Sterna paradisaea
  • Kildin-Sami: це̄рехь (cier’ex’) — Sterna paradisaea
  • Lule-Sami: tjierrek — Sterna paradisaea
  • Northern Sami: čearret — Sterna paradisaea
  • Skolt-Sami: ce ́rriǩ — Sterna paradisaea
  • Spanish: charrán ártico — Sterna paradisaea
  • Spanish: gaviotín ártico — Sterna paradisaea
  • Swedish: silvertärna — Sterna paradisaea
  • Lower Tanana: dechala gezra — Sterna paradisaea