skua

See also: Skua and skúa

English

Etymology

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈskjuːə/
Homophone: skewer (in non-rhotic accents)

a skua.

Noun

skua (plural skuas)

Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.

Synonyms

jaeger

Translations

predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae

Czech: chaluha (cs) f
Danish: kjove c
Dutch: jager (nl) m
Faroese: kjógvi m
Finnish: kihu (fi)
French: labbe (fr) f
Galician: palleira f, golea f, papamerda m, merdento m
German: Raubmöwe f, Skua (de) f
Latvian: klijkaija f
Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m
Maori: hākoakoa
Navajo: łóóʼyiniʼįįhí

North Frisian: skua
Norwegian: jo (no) c
Nynorsk: jo m
Polish: wydrzyk (pl) m
Portuguese: moleiro (pt) m, mandrião (pt) m, estercorário m
Russian: помо́рник (ru) m (pomórnik)
Scottish Gaelic: fàsgadair m, fàsgadan m
Serbo-Croatian: pomornik (sh)
Slovak: pomorník m
Spanish: págalo m
Swedish: labb (sv) c, kustlabb (sv) c
Welsh: sgiwen f

See also

skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Aksu, Kaus, Sauk, auks

French

Etymology

From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”).

Noun

skua m (plural skuas)

great skua

Synonyms

grand labbe

See also

Skua on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Further reading

“skua” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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