tern

English Thesaurus

1. small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	larid,
definition	:	long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	sea swallow, sterna hirundo,
definition	:	common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	sterninae, subfamily sterninae,
definition	:	terns (noun.animal)