Arctic skua

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Arctic Skua

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Arctic skua (plural Arctic skuas)

  1. A seabird (Stercorarius parasiticus), of the skua family (Stercorariidae)
    Synonyms: man-of-war, man-of-war bird, parasitic jaeger
    • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 90:
      There are fast soaring streamlined Arctic skuas with pointed double tail feathers extending behind them like the flights on a dart.

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