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Noun: sea swallow  see swó-low
  1. Common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and grey plumage
    "Sea swallows dove gracefully into the waves to catch fish";
    - Sterna hirundo

Derived forms: sea swallows

Type of: tern

Part of: genus Sterna, Sterna

Encyclopedia: Sea swallow