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Webster 1913 Edition

Skua

Sku′a

,

Noun.

[Icel.

sk[GREEK]fr

,

sk[GREEK]mr

.]

(Zool.)

Any jager gull; especially, the

Megalestris skua

; – called also

boatswain

.

Definition 2024

Skua

Skua

See also: skua and skúa

German

Noun

Skua f ‎(genitive Skua, plural Skuas)

skua, jaeger

Synonyms

Jäger

skua

skua

See also: Skua and skúa

English

Noun

skua ‎(plural skuas)

Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.

Translations

predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae

Czech: chaluha (cs) f
Danish: kjove c
Dutch: jager (nl) m
Faroese: kjógvi m
Finnish: kihu (fi)
French: labbe (fr) f
German: Raubmöwe f, Skua f
Latvian: klijkaija f
Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m
Maori: hākoakoa
Navajo: łóóʼyiniʼįįhí
North Frisian: skua
Norwegian: jo (no) c
Nynorsk: jo m

Polish: wydrzyk (pl) m
Portuguese: moleiro (pt) m, mandrião (pt) m, estercorário m
Russian: помо́рник (ru) m ‎(pomórnik)
Scottish Gaelic: fàsgadair m, fàsgadan m
Serbo-Croatian: pomornik (sh)
Slovak: pomorník m
Spanish: págalo m
Swedish: labb (sv) c, kustlabb (sv) c
Welsh: sgiwen f

Synonyms

jaeger

See also

skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

auks

French

Etymology

From Faroese skúgvur ‎(“Great Skua”).

Noun

skua m ‎(plural skuas)

great skua

Synonyms

grand labbe

See also

Skua on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr