单词 | great skua |
释义 | > as lemmasgreat skua great skua n. [compare German grosse Raubmöwe (also grosse Raubmöve ; 1831 in a text by C. L. Brehm: compare quot. 1831)] any large brown skua of the genus Stercorarius; now spec. S. skua of the North Atlantic (also called bonxie).The similar southern forms are now regarded as separate species. ΚΠ 1831 R. Jameson Wilson & Bonaparte's Amer. Ornithol. (rev. ed.) IV. App. 356 The following is Brehm's arrangement of the European gulls... 1 Giant skua. L[estris] cataractes, Illiger and Brehm. 2 Great skua. L. skua, Brehm. 1897 R. B. Sharpe in R. Lydekker et al. Nat. Hist. 263 In Victoria Land and the frozen countries of the Antarctic Continent is found a peculiar pale form of great skua, M. maccormicki. 1938 M. Powell 200,000 Feet on Foula 138 ‘Bonxie’ is only our name for the Great Skua and the Allens are the smaller ones. 1985 Reader's Digest Bk. N.Z. Birds 218 A powerful and belligerent bird, the southern great skua—like all skuas—defends its eggs and young ferociously. 2006 Bird Watching Aug. 71/3 Seawatching can also reveal other species such as Balearic Shearwater.., Arctic Skuas and Great Skuas. < as lemmas |
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