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great skua

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great skua
n.
A predatory gull-like sea bird (Catharacta skua) of northern regions, having brownish plumage.
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Noun1.great skuagreat skua - large brown skua of the northern Atlantic
Catharacta skua
bonxie, skua - gull-like jaeger of northern seas


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Since the mid-1980s, his team has been studying a great skua breeding colony, analyzing bones and feathers in pellets that skuas cough up after feeding.
Bird dilemma: more seabirds killed when boats discard fewer fish by Milius, S. / Science News
A great skua (a gull-like, predatory bird), defending its nest in the Falkland Islands, proved too much, knocking out one of the most famous nature photographers of our time.
SERVING UP THE BIG PICTURE; ART, ARCHITECTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The male great skua may be out at sea during the fight and come home to find a new mate waiting for him.
When birds divorce: who splits, who benefits, and who gets the nest by Milius, Susan / Science News
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