Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fairy tern

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: fairy tern
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small tern, Sternula nereis, which is native to the southwestern Pacific.

noun

Synonym of white tern.

Inflected Forms

fairy terns (plural)

Synonyms

white tern

Questions

What does fairy tern mean?: A small tern, Sternula nereis, which is native to the southwestern Pacific.

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