Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

least tern

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: least- tern
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sternula antillarum, a small tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America.

Inflected Forms

least terns (plural)

Questions

What does least tern mean?: Sternula antillarum, a small tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America.

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