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Brown Skua — Taxobox name = Brown Skua status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Stercorariidae genus = Catharacta species = C. antarctica binomial =… … Wikipedia
Skua — Taxobox name = Skuas image caption = Pomarine Skua image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Stercorariidae familia authority = Gray, 1871 genus = Stercorarius genus authority =… … Wikipedia
skua — [skyo͞o′ə] n. [ModL, adapted ( c. 1604) < Faroese skūgver < ON skūfr, tuft, sheaf (akin to SHOP)] 1. a large, brown and white, predatory shorebird (Catharacta skua, family Stercorariidae) found in cold seas 2. Brit. JAEGER (sense 2) … English World dictionary
skua — /skyooh euh/, n. 1. Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, esp. C. skua (great skua), of colder waters of both northern and southern seas. 2. Brit. jaeger (def. 1).… … Universalium
skua — [ skju:ə] noun a large predatory seabird, chiefly brown, which pursues other birds to make them disgorge fish. [Catharacta skua (great skua), Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic skua), and related species.] Origin C17: mod. L., from Faroese skúvur,… … English new terms dictionary
skua — sku•a [[t]ˈskyu ə[/t]] n. pl. sku•as 1) orn any of several large, brown, gull like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, esp. C. skua (great skua), of colder waters of both northern and southern seas. 2) orn Brit. jaeger 1) … From formal English to slang
skua gull — noun see skua * * * sku|a «SKYOO uh», noun, or skua gull, any one of several large brown sea birds that are related to the gulls and jaegers: »The skua gull though rarely abundant, is ubiquitous; it appears to be the only scavenger in inland… … Useful english dictionary
Brown Teal — Taxobox name = Brown Teal image width = 250px image caption = Brown Teal status = EN trend = stable status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Anseriformes familia = Anatidae genus = Anas species = A.… … Wikipedia
Chilean Skua — Conservation status Least Con … Wikipedia
Catharacta skua — noun large brown skua of the northern Atlantic • Syn: ↑great skua • Hypernyms: ↑skua, ↑bonxie … Useful english dictionary
