SKUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skua mean? 

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

1. gull-like jaeger of northern seas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKUA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gull-like jaeger of northern seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bonxie; skua

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skua"):

Catharacta skua; great skua (large brown skua of the northern Atlantic)

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

Catharacta; genus Catharacta (skuas)