Translingual

Proper noun

Sterna f

1. (sensu lato) A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – many terns including Sterna sensu stricto and others now placed in genera Onychoprion, Sternula, and Thalasseus.
2. (sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – medium-sized white terns.
3. (sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Sternidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Laridae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Charadriiformes - order; Lari - suborder; Laridae - family
• (genus in Sternidae): […] Charadriiformes - order; Sternidae - family

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

Alternative forms

• sternums

Noun

sterna

1. plural of sternum

Anagrams

• astern
• santer

Italian

Noun

sterna f ‎(plural sterne)

1. tern

Derived terms

• sterna codalunga
• sterna del Ruppel

Anagrams

• starne, strane