jaeger

English - Turkish

Definition of jaeger in English Turkish dictionary

yırtıcı kuş

yırtıcı bir deniz kuşu

yünlü bir kumaş

Stercorarius

English - English

Definition of jaeger in English English dictionary

Any of three seabirds in the family Stercorariidae

Any of three species (genus Stercorarius, family Stercorariidae) of seabirds. They resemble dark gulls with a forward-set black cap and projecting central tail feathers. Jaegers have two colour phases: all brown or (more commonly) brown above and white below. They nest in the Arctic tundra and then go to sea, many as far as Australia and New Zealand. At sea they catch fish on their own, but, while nesting along coasts, they force terns and kittiwakes to disgorge their food, destroy the eggs and young of other seabirds, and capture land birds and rodents. The species range from 14 to 20 in. (35 to 50 cm) long. In Great Britain, jaegers are called skuas

rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey

Related Terms

parasitic jaeger

a variety of jaeger

Hyphenation

jae·ger

Turkish pronunciation

yegır

Synonyms

skua

Pronunciation

/ˈyegər/ /ˈjɛɡɜr/

Etymology

[ 'yA-g&r ] (noun.) 1809. From German Jäger (“hunter”)