skuan.

Brit.

/ˈskjuːə/, U.S.

/ˈskjuə/

Etymology: Adopted by Hoier (c1604) from the Faroese skúgvur (earlier *skúvur), = Old Norse skúfr (in modern Icelandic skúmur), of uncertain origin.

Ornithology.

a. A predatory gull belonging to the genus Stercorarius, esp. the largest European species, S. catarrhactes, which breeds in Shetland, the Færöes, and Iceland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > member of

man-of-war hawk1657

sea-eagle1668

sea-hen1676

skua1678

skua-gull1768

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua)

plunger1655

dung bird1677

skua1678

dung hunter1694

skua-gull1768

dirty allan1771

bonxiea1777

dung teaser1841

weese allan1849

sea-hawk1852

turd-bird1864

shoemaker1867

dirt-bird1885

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 349 Hapning to read over the description of Hoier's Skua..I find it exactly agrees with ours, so that I do not at all doubt but this Bird is the Skua of Hoier.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 417 They hold a knife erect over their heads, on which the Skua will transfix itself.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 109 We saw a bird..which proved to be the skua or great northern gull.

1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. i. 214 The Skuas are more partial to fish..than the Jagers.

1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. i. 216 Pomarine Skua.

1896 J. Skelton Summers & Winters at Balmawhapple I. 216 The tarrock skims lightly along, and screams as the skua comes prowling round the cape.

b. attributive in skua-gull.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > member of

man-of-war hawk1657

sea-eagle1668

sea-hen1676

skua1678

skua-gull1768

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua)

plunger1655

dung bird1677

skua1678

dung hunter1694

skua-gull1768

dirty allan1771

bonxiea1777

dung teaser1841

weese allan1849

sea-hawk1852

turd-bird1864

shoemaker1867

dirt-bird1885

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (1776) II. 447 (heading) Skua Gull.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 370 Solan geese, skua-gulls and land birds on the wing.

1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 26 A sort of false cere occurs in some water birds, as the jaegers, or skua-gulls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	skua
释义	skuan. Brit. /ˈskjuːə/, U.S. /ˈskjuə/ Etymology: Adopted by Hoier (c1604) from the Faroese skúgvur (earlier skúvur), = Old Norse skúfr* (in modern Icelandic skúmur), of uncertain origin. Ornithology. a. A predatory gull belonging to the genus Stercorarius, esp. the largest European species, S. catarrhactes, which breeds in Shetland, the Færöes, and Iceland. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > member of man-of-war hawk1657 sea-eagle1668 sea-hen1676 skua1678 skua-gull1768 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua) plunger1655 dung bird1677 skua1678 dung hunter1694 skua-gull1768 dirty allan1771 bonxiea1777 dung teaser1841 weese allan1849 sea-hawk1852 turd-bird1864 shoemaker1867 dirt-bird1885 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 349 Hapning to read over the description of Hoier's Skua..I find it exactly agrees with ours, so that I do not at all doubt but this Bird is the Skua of Hoier. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 417 They hold a knife erect over their heads, on which the Skua will transfix itself. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 109 We saw a bird..which proved to be the skua or great northern gull. 1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. i. 214 The Skuas are more partial to fish..than the Jagers. 1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. i. 216 Pomarine Skua. 1896 J. Skelton Summers & Winters at Balmawhapple I. 216 The tarrock skims lightly along, and screams as the skua comes prowling round the cape. b. attributive in skua-gull. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > member of man-of-war hawk1657 sea-eagle1668 sea-hen1676 skua1678 skua-gull1768 the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > genus Stercorarius (skuas or jaegers) > stercorarius skua (skua) plunger1655 dung bird1677 skua1678 dung hunter1694 skua-gull1768 dirty allan1771 bonxiea1777 dung teaser1841 weese allan1849 sea-hawk1852 turd-bird1864 shoemaker1867 dirt-bird1885 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (1776) II. 447 (heading) Skua Gull. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 370 Solan geese, skua-gulls and land birds on the wing. 1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 26 A sort of false cere occurs in some water birds, as the jaegers, or skua-gulls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678
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