SKUA

[skua] n [NL, fr. Faeroese skugvur; akin to ON skufr tassel, skua, OE sceaf sheaf--more at sheaf] (1678): either of two seabirds related to the jaegers: a: great skua b: a bird (Catharacta maccormicki) that resembles but is slightly smaller than the great skua and that breeds in the Antarctic