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GREAT SKUA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does great skua mean?
• GREAT SKUA (noun)
The noun GREAT SKUA has 1 sense:
1. large brown skua of the northern Atlantic
Familiarity information: GREAT SKUA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large brown skua of the northern Atlantic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Catharacta skua; great skua
Hypernyms ("great skua" is a kind of...):
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