ARCTIC SKUA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A variety of jaeger

Synonyms:

arctic skua; parasitic jaeger; Stercorarius parasiticus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("arctic skua" is a kind of...):

jaeger (rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey)

Holonyms ("arctic skua" is a member of...):

genus Stercorarius; Stercorarius (type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers)

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