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seabird
English
Alternative forms
- sea bird
Etymology
sea +? bird
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?si?b??(?)d/
Noun
seabird (plural seabirds)
- Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
Synonyms
- seafowl
Hyponyms
- albatross
- cormorant
- gannet
- guillemot
- gull
- pelican
- petrel
Translations
Anagrams
- Beairds, abiders, air beds, airbeds, bardies, barside, braised, darbies, sidebar
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skua
English
Etymology
From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”), from Old Norse skúfr, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?skju??/
- Homophone: skewer (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
skua (plural skuas)
- Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.
Synonyms
- jaeger
Translations
See also
- skua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Aksu, Kasu, Kaus, Sauk, auks
French
Etymology
From Faroese skúgvur (“Great Skua”).
Noun
skua m (plural skuas)
- great skua
Synonyms
- grand labbe
See also
- Skua on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- labbe
Further reading
- “skua” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (of noun) skuene
- (of verb) skuet
Noun
skua n
- definite plural of skue
Verb
skua
- inflection of skue:
- simple past
- past participle
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