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Definition of Jaegers
1. jaeger [n] - See also: jaeger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaegers
Literary usage of Jaegers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"Except during the nesting season, the jaegers are as a rule pelagic, though they
sometimes visit large bodies of water inland. They generally obtain their ..."
2. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Family STERCORARIIDAE Skuas and jaegers are birds having a Gull or ... The jaegers
especially are one of the swiftest and most graceful birds that fly. ..."
3. Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania: With Special Reference to the Food by Pennsylvania Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren (1890)
"... whilst the cored bill furnishes a curious analogy to the true birds of prey."
Thomas Nuttall, writing of the jaegers, says : "They also often ..."
4. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"The jaegers especially are one of the swiftest and most graceful birds that fly, 35.
Skua. ... jaegers ..."
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