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arctic skua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
arc-tic skua
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A seabird (Stercorarius parasiticus), of the skua family (Stercorariidae)

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

Arctic skuas (plural)

Synonyms

man-of-war man-of-war bird parasitic jaeger Richardson's jaeger stercorarius parasiticus

Questions

What does arctic skua mean?
A seabird (Stercorarius parasiticus), of the skua family (Stercorariidae)

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