Definition of Jager
Ja´ger
n.
1.
(Mil.)
A
sharpshooter
.
See
Yager
.
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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