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Definition of Skua

Skua
Skua Sku"a, n. [Icel. sk?fr, sk?mr.] (Zo["o]l.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.

Meaning of Skua from wikipedia

- smaller skuas, the Arctic skua, the long-tailed skua, and the pomarine skua, are called jaegers in North American English. The English word "skua" comes...
- The great skua (Stercorarius skua), sometimes known by the name bonxie in Britain, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is roughly...
- The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It...
- Look up skua in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skua is a seabird in the family Stercorariidae. Skua may also refer to: Blackburn Skua, a British dive-bomber/fighter...
- The brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), also known as the Antarctic skua, subantarctic skua, southern great skua, southern skua, or hākoakoa (Māori)...
- south polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick's skua, after explorer...
- Skua Cr**** (65°15′S 64°16′W / 65.250°S 64.267°W / -65.250; -64.267) is a narrow channel between Skua Island and Winter Island in the Argentine Islands...
- parasitic jaeger (North America) or Arctic skua (Europe) (Stercorarius parasiticus), is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species...
- The Sea Skua is a British lightweight short-range air-to-surface missile (ASM) designed for use from helicopters against ships. It was primarily used by...
- Base (Spanish: Base Aérea Coronel Luis Arturo Rodríguez Meneses) (ICAO: SKUA) is a Colombian military base ****igned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza...