/skyooh"euh/ , n.
1. Also called bonxie . any of several large brown gull-like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, esp. C. skua (great skua) , of colder waters of both northern and southern seas.
2. Brit. jaeger (def. 1).
[ 1670-80; sku ( g ) vur; c. ON skufr tassel, tuft, also skua (in poetry), akin to SHOVE 1 ]