skua
skua
Definition
skua (skyo̵̅o̅′ə)
skua
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: For example, northern breeders including skuas funnel through the English Channel into the North Sea on the way to their breeding grounds.
- nest: Here you also find nesting arctic skua and bonxie ( great skua ).
Adjective modifier
- arctic: Also a great northern diver and 2 arctic skua flew east.
- great: Figure 2. Wing of a great skua showing the bold white flash of feathers.
- many: Although many individual skuas keep the same mate each breeding season, some birds select another mate.
- brown: Predation by brown skuas was a major cause of egg and chick loss.
- male: What advantage might there be for this behavior for: a ) the male skua b ) the female skua?
- long-tailed: In Jameson Land, we look for musk oxen and collared lemmings and predatory long-tailed skua, snowy owl and arctic fox.
Modifies a noun
- colony: Southern Iceland is known for its great skua colony living on the sands.
Noun used with modifier
- pomarine: Pomarine skua -- 3 flying north past the Fajara hotel on 12th and 14th.
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