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Definition of Sterna minuta

Sterna minuta
Scurrit Scur"rit, n. (Zo["o]l.) the lesser tern (Sterna minuta). [Prov. Eng.]
Sterna minuta
2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. Opossum shrimp. (Zo["o]l.) See under Opossum. Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zo["o]l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under L[ae]modopoda. Shrimp catcher (Zo["o]l.), the little tern (Sterna minuta). Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.
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Fairy Fair"y, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. Fairy bird (Zo["o]l.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern. Fairy bluebird. (Zo["o]l.) See under Bluebird. Fairy martin (Zo["o]l.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. Fairy rings or circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. Fairy shrimp (Zo["o]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.

Meaning of Sterna minuta from wikipedia

- Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Sterna albifrons. It was moved to the genus Sternula when the genus Sterna was restricted to the larger typical terns...
- the species in the genus were generally retained within the larger genus Sterna, the genus that holds most terns, until a study in 2005 showed that this...
- Pagophila eburnea Rhodostethia rosea Sterna albifrons Sterna caspia Sterna fuscata Sterna hirundo Sterna leucoptera Sterna nigra Thal****eus bergii Stercorarius...
- Rhodostethia rosea (rare) Common tern, Sterna hirundo (common) Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea (common) Little tern, Sterna albifrons (common) Black tern, Chlidonias...
- yellow-billed stork and malachite kingfisher, and seabirds such as roseate tern (Sterna dougallii).[citation needed] The mangroves have been harvested for timber...
- (Calidris minuta) LC winter 1995 78,675 individuals Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) LC winter 1995 2,441 individuals Common Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)...
- minutus) Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) Common tern (Sterna hirundo) Royal tern (Thal****eus maximus) Sandwich tern (Thal****eus...
- River tern, Sterna aurantia – R Lesser crested tern, Sterna bengalensis – r Great crested tern, Sterna bergii – r Sandwich tern, Sterna sandvicensis...
- A Roseate tern Sterna dougallii Sterna di Dougall – A Common tern Sterna hirundo Sterna comune – A Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea Sterna codalunga – A Lesser...
- (laughing dove) Sterna balaenarum (Damara tern) Sterna bergii (swift tern) Sterna caspia (Caspian tern) Sterna hirundo (common tern) Sterna sandvicensis...