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CATHARACTA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Catharacta mean?

• CATHARACTA (noun)
The noun CATHARACTA has 1 sense:

1. skuas

Familiarity information: CATHARACTA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CATHARACTA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Skuas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Catharacta; genus Catharacta

Hypernyms ("Catharacta" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Catharacta"):

bonxie; skua (gull-like jaeger of northern seas)

Holonyms ("Catharacta" is a member of...):

family Stercorariidae; Stercorariidae (jaegers and skuas:)

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