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ARCTIC SKUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arctic skua mean? 

ARCTIC SKUA (noun)
  The noun ARCTIC SKUA has 1 sense:

1. a variety of jaegerplay

  Familiarity information: ARCTIC SKUA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARCTIC SKUA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of jaeger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

arctic skua; parasitic jaeger; Stercorarius parasiticus

Hypernyms ("arctic skua" is a kind of...):

jaeger (rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey)

Holonyms ("arctic skua" is a member of...):

genus Stercorarius; Stercorarius (type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers)


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