Associations to the word «Skua»

Wiktionary

SKUA, noun. Any of various predatory seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that often chase other seabirds to steal their catches.

Dictionary definition

SKUA, noun. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats