单词 | arctic skua |
释义 | > as lemmasArctic skua Arctic skua n. the skua Stercorarius parasiticus, which occurs in three colour phases and breeds in the tundra and coastal moorlands of northern Eurasia and North America; also called (in North America) parasitic jaeger. ΚΠ 1819 Edinb. Philos. Jrnl. 1 104 Observing the Arctic Skua. 1885 H. Seebohm Hist. Brit. Birds III. 354 Richardson's Skua has inappropriately been called the Arctic Skua. 1970 J. S. Huxley Memories (1972) x. 124 We saw arctic skuas pecking at the putrid remains of a whale carcass. 2006 Bird Watching Aug. 111/2 There were two Pomarine Skuas, nine Common Scoters and a Fulmar, an Arctic Skua and a late Red-throated Diver. < as lemmas |
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