英语词汇“skua”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

skua

/ˈskjuːə

noun

A large brownish predatory seabird related to the gulls, pursuing other birds to make them disgorge fish they have caught.

Family Stercorariidae: genera Catharacta (four larger species) and Stercorarius (three smaller species, North American name: jaeger).

The abundance of gulls, terns, skuas, guillemots and puffins has long been a prime tourist attraction, as well as of global wildlife significance....

If you are visiting Ocean City, take a birdwatching trip on a charter boat to see shearwaters, skuas, Wilson's storm-petrels, and Atlantic puffins.
Votier says he's seen a skua catch a bird and hold it underwater to drown it.

Origin

Late 17th century: modern Latin, from Faroese skúvur, from Old Norse skufr (apparently imitative).

单词	skua
释义	skua /ˈskjuːə / noun A large brownish predatory seabird related to the gulls, pursuing other birds to make them disgorge fish they have caught. Family Stercorariidae: genera Catharacta (four larger species) and Stercorarius (three smaller species, North American name: jaeger). The abundance of gulls, terns, skuas, guillemots and puffins has long been a prime tourist attraction, as well as of global wildlife significance.... If you are visiting Ocean City, take a birdwatching trip on a charter boat to see shearwaters, skuas, Wilson's storm-petrels, and Atlantic puffins. Votier says he's seen a skua catch a bird and hold it underwater to drown it. Origin Late 17th century: modern Latin, from Faroese skúvur, from Old Norse skufr (apparently imitative). Rhymes Amur, brewer, chewer, Dewar, doer, ewer, hewer, Kahlua, lassoer, Nuer, pursuer, renewer, screwer, sewer, skewer, spewer, strewer, suer, tattooer, viewer, who're, wooer
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skua

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