Main Entry: skua

Pronunciation: \ˈskyü-ə\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Faeroese skúgvur; akin to Old Norse skūfr tassel, skua, Old English scēaf sheaf — more at sheaf

Date: 1678

: any of various seabirds (genus Catharacta) related to the jaegers: as a : great skua b : a bird (C. maccormicki) that resembles but is slightly smaller than the great skua and that breeds in the Antarctic