[? For *sternlet, dim. of STERN sb.1; cf. STERNET.] ? The Lesser Tern, Sterna minuta.

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1703.  trans. Lahontan’s Voy. N. Amer., I. 240. The Seamews, Grelans, and Sterlets, are Fowls that fly incessantly over Seas, Lakes, and Rivers, in order to catch little Fish.

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