'Roseate tern' definitions:
Definition of 'Roseate tern'
From: GCIDE
- Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.]
- 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers. [1913 Webster]
- 2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. [1913 Webster]
- Roseate tern (Zool.), an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season. [1913 Webster]