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great skuas

great skuas is the plural of great skua.

Meaning of great skua

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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Questions about great skuas

What is great skuas the plural of?
Great skuas is the plural of great skua.

Words near great skuas in the dictionary

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

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