Phrase guide

whiskered tern

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Chlidonias hybrida, a species of tern in the family Laridae.

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Catalan: fumarell carablanc — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Catalan: mongeta — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Chinese Mandarin: 须浮鸥 (hēi-fù yàn-ōu) — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Czech: rybák bahenní — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Danish: Hvidskægget Terne — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Dutch: witwangstern — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Finnish: valkoposkitiira — Chlidonias hybrida
  • French: Guifette moustac — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Georgian: თეთრლოყება თევზიყლაპია (tetrloq̇eba tevziq̇laṗia) — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Georgian: ლოყათეთრი თევზიყლაპია (loq̇atetri tevziq̇laṗia) — Chlidonias hybrida
  • German: Weißbart-Seeschwalbe — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Hungarian: fattyúszerkő — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Icelandic: skeggþerna — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Italian: mignattino piombato — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Japanese: 黒腹鯵刺 (kurohara-ajisashi) — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Kazakh: ақжағал қарқылдақ (aqjağal qarqyldaq) — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Korean: 구레나루제비갈매기 (gurenarujebigalmaegi) — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Korean: 구레나룻제비갈매기 (gurenarutjebigalmaegi) — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Norwegian: hvitkinnsvartterne — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitkinnsvartterne — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Polish: rybitwa białowąsa — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Portuguese: gaivina-de-faces-brancas — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Romanian: chirighiță cu obraz alb — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Russian: белощёкая кра́чка (beloščókaja kráčka) — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Slovak: čorík bahenný — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Spanish: fumarel cariblanco — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Swedish: skäggtärna — Chlidonias hybrida
  • Ukrainian: крячок білощокий (krjačok biloščokyj) — Chlidonias hybrida