Definition of skuas Skuas
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What does skuas mean?
Wiktionary 
- skuas (Noun)
Plural of skua.
Part of speech
🔤- skuas, noun, plural of skua.
WordNet
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| skua - gull-like jaeger of northern seas | ||
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| jaeger rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey | ||
| catharacta, genus catharacta skuas | ||
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Wiktionary
- skua (Noun)
Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- skua (n.)
Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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skua
skū′a, n. a bird of the family Laridæ, esp. the Great Skua (Stercorarius catarrhactes), a rapacious bird about two feet long, the plumage predominantly brown, breeding in the Shetlands.—n. Skū′a-gull. [Norw.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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skua
A kind of sea-gull.
Part of speech
🔤- skua, noun, singular of skuas.
