skua

2 definitions found

skua - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk?fr, sk?mr.] (Zool.)
     Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called
     also boatswain.
     [1913 Webster]

skua - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  skua
      n 1: gull-like jaeger of northern seas [syn: skua, bonxie]