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great skua

great skua noun: a large seabird, Stercorarius skua.

great skua: a large seabird, Stercorarius skua
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Noun

great skua (plural great skuas)

  1. A large seabird, Stercorarius skua.
    • There are great skuas here, nesting up on the higher ground, and I have seen them cruising above the gull colony further up the coast.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 85
    Synonyms:
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Synonyms of great skua

Forms of great skua

pluralgreat skuas

Questions about great skua

What does great skua mean?
Great skua means a large seabird, Stercorarius skua.
What part of speech is great skua?
Great skua is a noun.
What is the plural of great skua?
The plural of great skua is great skuas.

Words near great skua in the dictionary

  1. great seal script
  2. great seals
  3. Great September
  4. Great Shefford
  5. Great Shelford
  6. great skua
  7. great skuas
  8. Great Sky River
  9. great slaty woodpecker
  10. great slaty woodpeckers
  11. Great Slave Lake

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