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JAEGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jaeger" is a kind of...):
coastal diving bird (gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jaeger"):
arctic skua; parasitic jaeger; Stercorarius parasiticus (a variety of jaeger)
bonxie; skua (gull-like jaeger of northern seas)
Holonyms ("jaeger" is a member of...):
family Stercorariidae; Stercorariidae (jaegers and skuas:)
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