skua

[ skyoo-uh ]

/ ˈskyu ə /

noun

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.

British. jaeger (def. 1).

Origin of skua

1670–80; <Faeroese skū(g)vur; cognate with Old Norse skūfr tassel, tuft, also skua (in poetry), akin to shove¹

Words nearby skua

skrike, Skryabin, Skrymir, Skt, SKU, skua, Skuld, skulduggery, skulk, skull, skull and crossbones

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Example sentences from the Web for skua

Three days later, at the call of the season, a skua gull came flapping over the Hut.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Skua gulls were plentiful and washed themselves, with a great flapping of wings, in the shallow waters at the edge of the lakes.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Attached to each rookery was a pair of skua gulls, who swooped down and quickly flew off with any eggs left for a moment untended.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Then all at once a Buffon's skua came overhead, flying low in the squally wind.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2)|Arthur Cleveland Bent

The skua besides eats eggs of other birds, especially of eiders and geese.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II|A.E. Nordenskieold

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

Word Origin for skua

C17: from New Latin, from Faeroese skūgvur, from Old Norse skūfr

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单词	skua
释义	skua [ skyoo-uh ] / ˈskyu ə / noun 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. British. jaeger (def. 1). Origin of skua 1670–80; <Faeroese skū(g)vur; cognate with Old Norse skūfr tassel, tuft, also skua (in poetry), akin to shove¹ Words nearby skua skrike, Skryabin, Skrymir, Skt, SKU, skua, Skuld, skulduggery, skulk, skull, skull and crossbones Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for skua Three days later, at the call of the season, a skua gull came flapping over the Hut. The Home of the Blizzard\|Douglas Mawson Skua gulls were plentiful and washed themselves, with a great flapping of wings, in the shallow waters at the edge of the lakes. The Home of the Blizzard\|Douglas Mawson Attached to each rookery was a pair of skua gulls, who swooped down and quickly flew off with any eggs left for a moment untended. The Home of the Blizzard\|Douglas Mawson Then all at once a Buffon's skua came overhead, flying low in the squally wind. Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2)\|Arthur Cleveland Bent The skua besides eats eggs of other birds, especially of eiders and geese. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II\|A.E. Nordenskieold 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 Word Origin for skua C17: from New Latin, from Faeroese skūgvur, from Old Norse skūfr Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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