Skua Definition

skyo͝oə
noun
A large, brown-and-white, predatory shorebird (Catharacta skua, family Stercorariidae) found in cold seas.
Webster's New World
Any of several of the smaller seabirds of the genus Stercorarius.
American Heritage

Jaeger.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Skua

Noun

Singular:
skua
Plural:
skuas

Origin of Skua

  • New Latin alteration of Faroese skūvur from Old Norse skūfr tassel, seagull

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua"), from Old Norse skúfr.

    From Wiktionary

Skua Sentence Examples

  • They are the home of myriads of sea-birds and one of the nesting-places of the bonxie, or great skua (Lestris cataractes), which used to be fostered by the islanders to keep down the eagles, and the eggs of which are still strictly preserved.

  • The strong offshore winds saw to it that the sea produced nothing more than a few lingering Manx shearwaters and an Arctic Skua.

  • Here you also find nesting arctic skua and bonxie (great skua ).

  • Also a great northern diver and 2 arctic skua flew east.

  • Figure 2. Wing of a great skua showing the bold white flash of feathers.

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