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skua

Noun

sku=a

WORDNET DICTIONARY

is a kind of jaeger

is a member of catharacta, genus catharacta

has particulars: catharacta skua, great skua

skua, n. [Icel. skfr, skmr.].

Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain. [1913 Webster]

skua, n. any large predatory sea bird of the family Stercorariidae which pursues other birds and makes them disgorge the fish they have caught.

Etymology

mod.L f. Faroese sk{uacute}gvur, ON sk{uacute}fr

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