Tern

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.

II. Tern ·noun Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.

III. Tern ·adj That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.

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