Skua

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  skua
       n : gull-like jaeger of northern seas [syn: {bonxie}]