ternery

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ternery

  • /tɜːnəɹi/ UK
  • /tɝnəɹi/ US

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From tern + -ery.

noun terneries

  1. A colony of terns. Altogether Harvie-Brown has visited a great many Hebridean terneries, and paid special attention to their inhabitants.

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@misc{ternery_2026,
  title = {ternery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ternery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}