skua — /skyooh euh/, n. 1. Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, esp. C. skua (great skua), of colder waters of both northern and southern seas. 2. Brit. jaeger (def. 1).… … Universalium
skua — [ skju:ə] noun a large predatory seabird, chiefly brown, which pursues other birds to make them disgorge fish. [Catharacta skua (great skua), Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic skua), and related species.] Origin C17: mod. L., from Faroese skúvur,… … English new terms dictionary
skua — sku•a [[t]ˈskyu ə[/t]] n. pl. sku•as 1) orn any of several large, brown, gull like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, esp. C. skua (great skua), of colder waters of both northern and southern seas. 2) orn Brit. jaeger 1) … From formal English to slang
great skua — great′ sku′a n. orn See under skua 1) … From formal English to slang
Great Skua — Taxobox name = Great Skua status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Stercorariidae genus = Stercorarius species = S. skua binomial = Stercorarius skua binomial… … Wikipedia
Skua — Taxobox name = Skuas image caption = Pomarine Skua image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Stercorariidae familia authority = Gray, 1871 genus = Stercorarius genus authority =… … Wikipedia
great skua — didysis plėšikas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Catharacta skua; Stercorarius skua angl. great skua vok. Skua, f rus. большой поморник, m pranc. grand labbe, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – pietiniai plėšikai … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
skua — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Faeroese skúgvur; akin to Old Norse skūfr tassel, skua, Old English scēaf sheaf more at sheaf Date: 1678 any of various seabirds (genus Catharacta) related to the jaegers: as a. great skua b. a bird (C.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
skua — /ˈskjuə / (say skyoohuh) noun any of various seabirds of the genus Catharacta, closely related to jaegers, which pursue other seabirds, as petrels and shearwaters, in order to make them disgorge their prey, as the great skua, C. skua, a regular… …
Skua — didysis plėšikas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Catharacta skua; Stercorarius skua angl. great skua vok. Skua, f rus. большой поморник, m pranc. grand labbe, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – pietiniai plėšikai … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
Great Skua — didysis plėšikas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Stercorarius skua angl. Great Skua vok. Große Raubmöwe … Paukščių anatomijos terminai