- Skúfr
- m. propr.Скув (мужское имя)
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Skúfr
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skua — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Faeroese skúgvur; akin to Old Norse skūfr tassel, skua, Old English scēaf sheaf more at sheaf Date: 1678 any of various seabirds (genus Catharacta) related to the jaegers: as a. great skua b. a bird (C.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
skua — /skyooh euh/, n. 1. Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, esp. C. skua (great skua), of colder waters of both northern and southern seas. 2. Brit. jaeger (def. 1).… … Universalium
skua — predatory gull, 1670s, from Faeroese skugvur, related to O.N. skufr seagull, tuft, tassel, and possibly to skauf fox s tail … Etymology dictionary
skua — [ skju:ə] noun a large predatory seabird, chiefly brown, which pursues other birds to make them disgorge fish. [Catharacta skua (great skua), Stercorarius parasiticus (Arctic skua), and related species.] Origin C17: mod. L., from Faroese skúvur,… … English new terms dictionary
skua — sku•a [[t]ˈskyu ə[/t]] n. pl. sku•as 1) orn any of several large, brown, gull like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, esp. C. skua (great skua), of colder waters of both northern and southern seas. 2) orn Brit. jaeger 1) … From formal English to slang
skua — /ˈskjuə / (say skyoohuh) noun any of various seabirds of the genus Catharacta, closely related to jaegers, which pursue other seabirds, as petrels and shearwaters, in order to make them disgorge their prey, as the great skua, C. skua, a regular… …
(s)keup-, skeub(h)- — (s)keup , skeub(h) English meaning: bundle, flock, etc.. Deutsche Übersetzung: “Bũschel, Schopf, Quaste”; only Gmc. and Slav. Material: O.Ice. skauf “ bundle, tassel “, O.E. scēaf, O.H.G. scoub “bundle, bundle of straw, fascicle … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
scruff — [skruf] n. [< ON skrufr, a tuft of hair, forelock, var. of skruf, altered by metathesis < skufr, tuft < IE base * (s)keup > OE scyfel, woman s headdress] 1. the back of the neck; nape 2. the loose skin at the back of the neck of some… … English World dictionary
skua — [skyo͞o′ə] n. [ModL, adapted ( c. 1604) < Faroese skūgver < ON skūfr, tuft, sheaf (akin to SHOP)] 1. a large, brown and white, predatory shorebird (Catharacta skua, family Stercorariidae) found in cold seas 2. Brit. JAEGER (sense 2) … English World dictionary
