great skua
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English
Noun
great skua (plural great skuas)
- A large seabird, Stercorarius skua.
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 85:
- There are great skuas here, nesting up on the higher ground, and I have seen them cruising above the gull colony further up the coast.
Synonyms
- bonxie (British, chiefly Shetland)
Translations
Stercorarius skua
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