Skua

[skju:ә]

Definition

(noun.) gull-like jaeger of northern seas.

Checker: Uriah--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.

Typist: Ralph

Definition

n. a bird of the family Larid esp. the Great Skua (Stercorarius catarrhactes) a rapacious bird about two feet long the plumage predominantly brown breeding in the Shetlands.—n. Skū′a-gull.

Typed by Ann