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jaeger
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jaeger has 1 sense
- jaeger(n = noun.animal) - rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey; is a kind of coastal diving bird
is a member of family stercorariidae, stercorariidae
has particulars: arctic skua, parasitic jaeger, stercorarius parasiticus, bonxie, skua
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jaeger, n. (also yager) US = SKUA.
Etymology
G J{auml}ger hunter f. jagen to hunt
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