Crossword-Solution: SKUA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Skua | n. | Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SKUA | anagram | AKSU, AUKS, KASU, KAUS, SAUK, USAK |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SKUA (5)
The skua gulls settled very near us, and the dogs, no doubt taking them for baby seals, were of course ready to break the line of march, and go off hunting, but their keenness soon passed when they discovered that the game had wings.
They had put penguins into little boxes to take them alive to Japan! Round about the deck lay dead and half-dead skua gulls in heaps.
Certain birds show pugnacity in connection with the robber instinct, as: Bald Eagle, which robs the Osprey; Skua and Jaeger, which rob gulls.
Skua-gulls and giant petrels were perched here and there amongst the rocks, watching for an opportunity of marauding the nests of the non-predacious birds.
The silver-grey petrels and Cape pigeons were only abroad during that season and were accompanied by skua gulls, giant petrels, Wilson petrels, and penguins.
Quotes with SKUA (1)
The instinct of the thief is most strongly marked in the Skua tribe, and I am afraid that the mere love of thieving alone actuates them on many occasions.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 119 times in crossword archives (1954–2022).