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Hooded tern
Tern Tern (t[~e]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[ae]rne; akin to Sw. t["a]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera. Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern (Sterna hirundo) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern (S. paradis[ae]a), the roseate tern (S. Dougalli), the least tern (S. Antillarum), the royal tern (S. maxima), and the sooty tern (S. fuliginosa). Hooded tern. See Fairy bird, under Fairy. Marsh tern, any tern of the genus Hydrochelidon. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. River tern, any tern belonging to Se["e]na or allied genera which frequent rivers. Sea tern, any tern of the genus Thalasseus. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers.
hooded tern
Fairy Fair"y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. Fairy bird (Zo["o]l.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern. Fairy bluebird. (Zo["o]l.) See under Bluebird. Fairy martin (Zo["o]l.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. Fairy rings or circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. Fairy shrimp (Zo["o]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.

Meaning of Hooded tern from wikipedia

- pito**** Hooded pitta Hooded robin Hooded siskin Hooded tanager Hooded tinamou Hooded treepie Hooded visorbearer Hooded vulture Hooded warbler Hooded wheatear...
- terns, allies – Arctic tern, black tern, black skimmer, Bonaparte's gull, California gull, Caspian tern, common tern, elegant tern, Forster's tern, glaucous...
- White tern, Gygis alba Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata Least tern, Sternula antillarum Yellow-billed tern, Sternula superciliaris Large-billed tern, Phaetusa...
- Gull-billed tern Caspian tern River tern Lesser crested tern Great crested tern Sandwich tern Roseate tern Black-naped tern Common tern Little tern Saunders's...
- Indian bustard Sumatran ground cuckoo Black-hooded coucal California condor Bengal florican Chatham shag Hooded grebe Lesser florican Masked finfoot Lists...
- Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia Black tern, Chlidonias niger White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida Roseate tern, Sterna...
- Thal****eus, the crested terns, is a genus of eight species of terns in the family Laridae. It has a worldwide distribution, and many of its species are...
- Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia Black tern, Chlidonias niger White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (R) Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii (R) Common tern, Sterna...
- Gull-billed tern Caspian tern Royal tern Sandwich tern Common tern Arctic tern Forster's tern Least tern Sooty tern Large-billed tern Black tern Black skimmer...
- (B) Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus (N) Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus (N) Least tern, Sternula antillarum (U)(B) Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon...