sooty tern
noun
a black and white tern, Sterna fuscata, of small tropical islands.
Also called
wide-awake.
Origin of sooty tern
First recorded in 1775–85
Words nearby sooty tern
sooty blotch,
sooty grouse,
sooty mold,
sooty mould,
sooty shearwater,
sooty tern,
sop,
sop up,
sop.,
sopa,
sopaipilla
Example sentences from the Web for sooty tern
The sooty-tern is sometimes called the sea-swallow, on account of its form and power of flight.
Wake-Robin |John Burroughs