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Jager
(gcide) | Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
Yager.] [Written also jaeger.]
1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius.
Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers
pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge
their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually
decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain,
and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the
skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
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jager
(gcide) | Yager \Ya"ger\ (?; 277), n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, from jagen
to chase, hunt.] (Mil.)
In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry
armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French
army. [Written also jager.]
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jager
(gcide) | Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
Yager.] [Written also jaeger.]
1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius.
Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers
pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge
their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually
decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain,
and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the
skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua).
[1913 Webster]Yager \Ya"ger\ (?; 277), n. [G. j[aum]ger a hunter, from jagen
to chase, hunt.] (Mil.)
In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry
armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French
army. [Written also jager.]
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Parasitic jager
(gcide) | Parasitic \Par`a*sit"ic\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*s[i^]t"[i^]k), Parasitical
\Par`a*sit"ic*al\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*s[i^]t"[i^]*kal), a. [L.
parasiticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. parasitique.]
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1. Of the nature of a parasite; having the habits of a
parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic.
"Parasitic preachers." --Milton.
Syn: leechlike, bloodsucking.
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2. (Bot. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to parasites; living on,
or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or
plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3.
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Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. (Zool.) See Jager.
[1913 Webster] -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n.
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Pomarine jager
(gcide) | Pomarine \Po"ma*rine\, a. [Gr. ? a lid + ?, ?, nose.] (Zool.)
Having the nostril covered with a scale.
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Pomarine jager (Zool.), a North Atlantic jager
(Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle
tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.
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