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Word: Skua
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: modern Latin, from Faroese skúvur, from Old Norse skufr (apparently imitative)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈskjuːə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large brownish predatory seabird related to the gulls, pursuing other birds to make them disgorge fish they have caught.
Short Definition:large brownish predatory seabird related to gulls
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