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词汇 Arctic tern
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Definition of Arctic tern in English:

Arctic tern

noun
  • A red-billed tern which breeds in the Arctic and adjacent areas, migrating to Antarctic regions to overwinter.

    北极燕鸥

    Sterna paradisaea, family Sternidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tiny Arctic tern undertakes the world's longest migration - traveling nearly from pole to pole.
    • The country's wilderness - from alpine flowers to colonies of Max shearwaters, guillemots, razor bills and Arctic terns - complements its ages-old castles and ancient Standing Stones.
    • Other notable characteristics include an exceptionally powerful head and neck and unusually long legs, which distinguish them from other terns such as Arctic terns.
    • The Arctic tern is the champion globetrotter, a big deal for an animal that measures only a foot long.
    • Some, like the Arctic tern, have covered 10,000 kilometers or more.
    • His observations revealed that Foula's sheep target unfledged Arctic terns.
    • The Arctic teems with life, from its largest predators, the killer whale and the polar bear, to small birds like the tiny Arctic tern.
    • Each autumn flights of Arctic terns from northern Europe and Siberia journey south, soon entering the North Sea and passing the East Anglian coastline.
    • Throughout the isles you'll come across throngs of Arctic terns and both species of skuas, as well as black guillemots, gannets, shags, and Storm and Leach's petrels.

Definition of Arctic tern in US English:

Arctic tern

nounˈɑrktɪk tərn
  • A red-billed tern that breeds in the Arctic and adjacent areas, migrating to Antarctic regions for the winter.

    北极燕鸥

    Sterna paradisaea, family Sternidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some, like the Arctic tern, have covered 10,000 kilometers or more.
    • Other notable characteristics include an exceptionally powerful head and neck and unusually long legs, which distinguish them from other terns such as Arctic terns.
    • The Arctic teems with life, from its largest predators, the killer whale and the polar bear, to small birds like the tiny Arctic tern.
    • Throughout the isles you'll come across throngs of Arctic terns and both species of skuas, as well as black guillemots, gannets, shags, and Storm and Leach's petrels.
    • The Arctic tern is the champion globetrotter, a big deal for an animal that measures only a foot long.
    • The tiny Arctic tern undertakes the world's longest migration - traveling nearly from pole to pole.
    • His observations revealed that Foula's sheep target unfledged Arctic terns.
    • The country's wilderness - from alpine flowers to colonies of Max shearwaters, guillemots, razor bills and Arctic terns - complements its ages-old castles and ancient Standing Stones.
    • Each autumn flights of Arctic terns from northern Europe and Siberia journey south, soon entering the North Sea and passing the East Anglian coastline.
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