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great skua

great skua

noun
See under skua (def. 1).

Origin:
1950–55

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sku·a

[skyoo-uh]
noun
1.
Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull-like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, especially C. skua (great skua), of colder waters of both northern and southern seas.
2.
British. jaeger (def. 1).

Origin:
1670–80; < Faeroese skū(g)vur; cognate with Old Norse skūfr tassel, tuft, also skua (in poetry), akin to shove1
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great skua

noun
large brown skua of the northern Atlantic 
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