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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 jaeger
Familiarity information: ARCTIC SKUA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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