arctic tern
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Arctic tern
Noun
arctic
tern
(
plural
arctic terns
)
A migratory bird that travels between the Arctic and Antarctic,
Sterna paradisaea
.
Translations
Sterna paradisaea
Catalan:
xatrac àrtic
m
Dutch:
noordse stern
(nl)
Faroese:
terna
(fo)
f
Finnish:
lapintiira
(fi)
French:
sterne arctique
(fr)
f
German:
Küstenseeschwalbe
f
Greenlandic:
imeqqutaalaq
Hawaiian:
ʻimikukailaka
Inupiaq:
mitqutaiḷaq
Irish:
geabhróg Artach
f
Japanese:
極鰺刺
(
kyoku-ajisashi
)
Manx:
gant ny gibbinyn
m
Navajo:
hakʼaz tónteel táshchozhii
Portuguese:
andorinha do Ártico
f
,
andorinha ártica
f
Romanian:
chiră polară
f
Russian:
поля́рная кра́чка
f
(
poljárnaja kráčka
)
Sami:
Akkala Sami:
tjerre
Inari Sami:
čerrih
Kildin Sami:
це̄рехь
(
cierjex’
)
Lule Sami:
tjierrek
Northern Sami:
čearret
Skolt Sami:
ce´rriǩ
Spanish:
charrán ártico
m
,
gaviotín ártico
m
Swedish:
silvertärna
(sv)
c
Ukrainian:
крячо́к
поля́рний
m
(
krjačók poljárnyj
, literally
“
polar tern
”
)