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skua
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Origin:
1950–55
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sku·a
/
ˈskyu
ə
/
Show Spelled
[
skyoo
-
uh
]
Show IPA
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
shove
1
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great skua
noun
large brown skua of the northern Atlantic
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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