skua
[ skyoo-uh ]
noun
British. jaeger (def. 1).
Origin of skua
11670–80; <Faeroese skū(g)vur; cognate with Old Norse skūfr tassel, tuft, also skua (in poetry), akin to shove1
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How to use skua in a sentence
At this moment the great skua who had robbed the puffin of its fish came in sight of his nest.
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British Dictionary definitions for skua
skua
/ (ˈskjuːə) /
noun
any predatory gull-like bird of the family Stercorariidae, such as the great skua or bonxie (Stercorarius skua) or arctic skua (S. parasiticus) both of which harass terns or gulls into dropping or disgorging fish they have caught
Origin of skua
1C17: from New Latin, from Faeroese skūgvur, from Old Norse skūfr
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