Associations to the word «Stercorarius»

Wiktionary

STERCORARIUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Stercorariidae   — the skuas.
STERCORARIUS ANTARCTICUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Stercorariidae   — the brown skua.
STERCORARIUS CHILENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Stercorariidae   — the Chilean skua.
STERCORARIUS LONGICAUDUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Stercorariidae   — the long-tailed jaeger.
STERCORARIUS MACCORMICKI, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Stercorariidae   — the south polar skua.
STERCORARIUS PARASITICUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Stercorariidae   — the parasitic jaeger, Arctic skua or parasitic skua.
STERCORARIUS POMARINUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Stercorariidae   — the pomarine skua.
STERCORARIUS SKUA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Stercorariidae   — the great skua.

Dictionary definition

STERCORARIUS, noun. Type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats