skua

See also Skua

English

Etymology

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskjuːə/
• Homophone: skewer (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

skua (plural skuas)

1. Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.

Translations

predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae

• Czech: chaluha (cs) f
• Danish: kjove (da) c
• Dutch: jager (nl) m
• Faroese: kjógvi (fo) m
• Finnish: kihu (fi)
• French: labbe (fr) f
• German: Raubmöwe (de) f, Skua (de) f
• Latvian: klijkaija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m

• Navajo: łóóʼyiniʼįįhí
• Norwegian: jo (no) c

  Nynorsk: jo (nn) m

• Polish: wydrzyk (pl) m
• Russian: поморник (ru) (pomórnik) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: fàsgadair (gd) m, fàsgadan (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: pomornik (sh)
• Slovak: pomorník (sk) m
• Spanish: págalo m
• Swedish: labb (sv) c, kustlabb (sv) c
• Welsh: sgiwen (cy) f

See also

• Skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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