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CATHARACTA SKUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Catharacta skua mean? 

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

1. large brown skua of the northern Atlanticplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CATHARACTA SKUA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large brown skua of the northern Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Catharacta skua; great skua

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

bonxie; skua (gull-like jaeger of northern seas)


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