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Noun: parasitic jaeger
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: arctic skua)
  1. A predatory migratory seabird, often harasses other birds to steal their food
    "The parasitic jaeger chased gulls until they dropped their catch";
    - arctic skua [Brit], Stercorarius parasiticus

Derived forms: parasitic jaegers

Type of: jaeger [N. Amer]

Part of: genus Stercorarius, Stercorarius

Encyclopedia: Parasitic jaeger