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Definition of Skuas
1. skua [n] - See also: skua
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skuas
Literary usage of Skuas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Range.—Coasts and islands of the North Atlantic, chiefly on the European side ;
rare on the Atlantic coast of North America. skuas are large (22 inches in ..."
2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"skuas are large , inches in length i and very powerfully built birds, having the
general form of .,iin 11. Their whole plumage is a dingy brownish mack ..."
3. Siberia in Europe: A Visit to the Valley of the Petchora, in North-east by Henry Seebohm (1880)
"... breeding haunts of Bewick's swan—News from England—Grey plover's eggs—Flock
of Buffon's skuas—Black ... nest—Watching for skuas' nests—Another nest of ..."
4. Bird Watching by Edmund Selous (1901)
"Watching Gulls and skuas IHE oyster-catcher brings us to the sea, ... Gulls and
skuas are best watched on some lonely island, where they breed, ..."
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