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jaeger

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
jaeger /ˈyāɡər, ˈjeɪɡər /
▸ noun North American any of the smaller kinds of Arctic-breeding skuas.
Genus Stercorarius, family Stercorariidae: three species, e.g. the parasitic jaeger or Arctic skua (S. parasiticus).
– ORIGIN mid 19th century (applied to any predatory seabird): from German Jäger ‘hunter’, from jagen ‘to hunt’.