ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ternery

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /tɜːnəɹi/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Ternery is a noun meaning A colony of terns.

Meaning

A colony of terns.

Example Sentences

Altogether Harvie-Brown has visited a great many Hebridean terneries, and paid special attention to their inhabitants.
The reason dead fish are so often found in a ternery is that these are the ones that have proved to be too much for the chicks to swallow.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include terne, taring, stern, egg-bird, tara, sternid.

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