GREAT SKUA

Meaning of GREAT SKUA in English

[great skua] n (ca. 1954): a large seabird (Catharacta skua) that is related to the jaeger, has dusky plumage and broad rounded wings, breeds chiefly along arctic and antarctic shores, and forages over most cold and temperate seas

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

GREAT SKUA — noun Date: circa 1954 a large seabird ( Stercorarius skua syn. Catharacta skua ) that is related to the jaegers, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GREAT SKUA — noun : a large stocky skua ( Catharacta skua ) having dusky plumage and broad rounded wings, breeding chiefly along …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREAT SKUA. — See under skua (def. 1). [ 1950-55 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREAT SKUA — Date: circa 1954 : a large seabird ( Stercorarius skua syn. Catharacta skua ) that is related to the jaegers, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREAT SKUA — Function: noun Date: circa 1954 : a large seabird ( Stercorarius skua syn. Catharacta skua ) that is related to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GREAT SKUA — большой поморник (Catharacta skua)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
GREAT SKUA — большой поморник ( Catharacta skua )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
SKUA — noun see: sheaf Date: 1678 any of various seabirds (genus Catharacta ) related to the jaegers: as, great ~ , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKUA — Species ( Catharacta skua , family Stercorariidae) of predatory seabird, called great skua in Britain (where the jaegers are also …
Английский словарь Британика
GREAT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Carolus Magnus Charles the Great Great Learning Herod the Great Stephen the Great Theodoric …
Английский словарь Британика
GREAT — I. ˈgrā]t, South often -re(ə)] or -rāə]; usu ]d.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English grete, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKUA — ˈskyüə noun also skua gull ( -s ) Etymology: skua from New Latin, from Faeroese skūgvur; akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKUA — (n.) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.
Английский словарь Webster
SKUA — ( n. ) Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKUA — /skyooh"euh/ , n. 1. Also called bonxie . any of several large brown gull-like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREAT — — greatness , n. /grayt/ , adj., greater, greatest , adv., n., pl. greats , ( esp. collectively ) great …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREAT — I. ˈgrāt, Southern also ˈgre(ə)t adjective Etymology: Middle English grete, from Old English grēat; akin to Old High German grōz …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKUA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Faeroese skúgvur; akin to Old Norse skūfr tassel, skua, Old English scēaf sheaf — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKUA — noun any jager gull; especially, the megalestris skua; called also boatswain.
Webster English vocab
GREAT — superl pregnant; big (with young). 2. great ·noun the whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by …
Webster English vocab
SKUA — [ 'skju:ə ] ■ noun a large predatory seabird, chiefly brown, which pursues other birds to make them disgorge fish. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SKUA — [skua] n [NL, fr. Faeroese skugvur; akin to ON skufr tassel, skua, OE sceaf sheaf--more at sheaf] (1678): either of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREAT — [great] adj [ME grete, fr. OE great; akin to OHG groz large] (bef. 12c) 1 a: notably large in size: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKUA — any of several predatory seabirds. In American usage, the name is restricted to Catharacta skua, called great skua in Britain; …
Britannica English vocabulary
SKUA — skua BrE AmE ˈskju ː ‿ə ▷ skua|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKUA — / ˈskjuːə; NAmE / noun a large brownish bird that lives near the sea. It eats fish, which it sometimes …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREAT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREAT — I. great 1 S1 W1 /ɡreɪt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative greater , superlative greatest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKUA — n. any large predatory sea bird of the family Stercorariidae which pursues other birds and makes them disgorge the fish …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GREAT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKUA — n. any large predatory sea bird of the family Stercorariidae which pursues other birds and makes them disgorge the fish …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GREAT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKUA — n. any large predatory sea bird of the family Stercorariidae which pursues other birds and makes them disgorge the fish …
Oxford English vocab
GREAT
Oxford English vocab
GREAT — ( greater, greatest, greats) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREAT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKUA — UK, jaeger [noun] [C] - a type of large sea bird which lives in the north Atlantic and steals food …
Cambridge English vocab
GREAT — (GOOD) [adjective] -er, -est [informal] - very good; wonderfula great surprise/idea/reliefWe had a great time last night at the party.It's …
Cambridge English vocab
SKUA — n. Species ( Catharacta skua , family Stercorariidae) of predatory seabird, called great skua in Britain (where the jaegers are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GREAT — adj. Alfred the Great Carolus Magnus Charles the Great Great Learning Herod the Great Stephen the Great Theodoric the Great …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GREAT — adj. 25B6; adjective they showed great interest : CONSIDERABLE, substantial, significant, appreciable, special, serious; exceptional, extraordinary. a great expanse of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GREAT — adj. 1 big, large, huge, immense, enormous, gigantic, giant, grand, extensive, prodigious, colossal, massive, vast, tremendous; spacious, capacious, mammoth, gargantuan, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SKUA — сущ.; зоол. поморник большой (зоология) поморник (Stercorarius) skua зоол. поморник большой
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GREAT — 1. прил. 1) а) большой, огромный, крупный (по объему, силе и т.д.) great blot great masses of population great talker …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKUA — Поморниковые
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SKUA — n зоол. поморник ( Stercorarius )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GREAT — great.ogg 1. greıt n 1. (the great) 1> собир. сильные мира сего 2> великие писатели, классики 2. pl студ. жарг. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKUA — сущ.; зоол.поморник большой (чайка)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GREAT — great прил.1) а) большой, огромный, крупный (по объему, силе и т.д.) - great blot - great masses of population - …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SKUA — (n) поморник
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SKUA — n зоол. поморник ( Stercorarius )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SKUA — n зоол. поморник ( Stercorarius )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GREAT — 1. greıt n 1. (the great) 1> собир. сильные мира сего 2> великие писатели, классики 2. pl студ. жарг. последний …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SKUA — n. поморник [зоол.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SKUA — n. поморник [зоол.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SKUA — сущ. ; зоол. поморник большой ( чайка )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GREAT — 1. прил. 1) а) большой, огромный, крупный ( по объему, силе и т. д. ) - great blot - great …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SKUA — сущ.; зоол. поморник большой (чайка)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GREAT — 1. прил. 1) а) большой, огромный, крупный (по объему, силе и т. д.) - great blot - great masses of population - great talker б) долгий, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SKUA — поморник (Stercorarius); pl поморники (Stercoraridae) - Arctic skua - Buffon's skua - great skua - long-tailed skua - pomarine skua - Richardson's skua - south polar skua
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SKUA — поморник ( Stercorarius ) ; pl поморники ( Stercoraridae ) - Arctic skua - Buffon's skua - great skua - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
GREAT — 1. _a. 1> великий; the Great October Socialist Revolution - Великая Октябрьская социалистическая революция 2> большой; _собир. огромный; great blot …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
GREAT — 1. a. 1. великий; the Great October Socialist Revolution - Великая Октябрьская социалистическая революция 2. большой; собир. огромный; great blot …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
GREAT — 1. _a. 1> великий; the Great October Socialist Revolution Великая Октябрьская социалистическая революция 2> большой; _разг. огромный; great blot огромная …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

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