"Arctic skua" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Arctic skuas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Arctic skua (plural Arctic skuas)
  1. A seabird (Stercorarius parasiticus), of the skua family (Stercorariidae) Categories (lifeform): Seabirds Synonyms: man-of-war, man-of-war bird, parasitic jaeger Translations (Stercorarius parasiticus): kjógvi [masculine] (Faroese), merikihu (Finnish), isunngaq (Greenlandic), kjói [masculine] (Icelandic), meirleach Artach [masculine] (Irish), suolaskájtti (Lule Sami), suolaskáiti (Northern Sami), tyvjo [common-gender] (Norwegian), trinta-réis-ártico [masculine] (Portuguese), короткохво́стый помо́рник (korotkoxvóstyj pomórnik) [masculine] (Russian), escúa ártica [feminine] (Spanish), págalo ártico [masculine] (Spanish), kustlabb [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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