Arctic skua
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Noun
[edit]Arctic skua (plural Arctic skuas)
- A seabird (Stercorarius parasiticus), of the skua family (Stercorariidae)
- Synonyms: man-of-war, man-of-war bird, parasitic jaeger
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 90:
- There are fast soaring streamlined Arctic skuas with pointed double tail feathers extending behind them like the flights on a dart.
Translations
[edit]Stercorarius parasiticus
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References
[edit]Arctic skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stercorarius parasiticus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Stercorarius parasiticus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons