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skua

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CIDE DICTIONARY

skuan. [Icel. skfr, skmr.].
     Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

skua, n. any large predatory sea bird of the family Stercorariidae which pursues other birds and makes them disgorge the fish they have caught.

Etymology
mod.L f. Faroese sk{uacute}gvur, ON sk{uacute}fr

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