Definition of sooty tern
: a widely distributed tern (Sterna fuscata) of tropical oceans that is blackish above and white below — called also
wideawake
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Gilardi periodically comes to Wake to study the migratory seabirds, like the sooty terns, that stop here on their journey across the ocean.
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The photo this week is of a sooty tern by Jeff Lemons Tropical systems are well known for their ability to displace seabirds caught up in the center of rotation.
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First Known Use of sooty tern
1785
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