transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈskyü-ə ]
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