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Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.

the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).

large size; a ship of war. Man-of-war bird (Zoöl.), The frigate bird; also applied to the skua gulls, and to the wandering albatross. -- Man-of-war hawk (Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. -- Portuguese man-of-war (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Physalia. See Physalia…

A tropic bird. (b) A jager, or skua gull.

The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]

The skua.

The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]

The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus).