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lesser crested tern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
lesser crest-ed tern
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thalasseus bengalensis, syn. Sterna bengalensis, a seabird of the tern family.

Inflected Forms

lesser crested terns (plural)

Questions

What does lesser crested tern mean?
Thalasseus bengalensis, syn. Sterna bengalensis, a seabird of the tern family.

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