|> From: Charles Easterberg <easterbg at u.washington.edu>
|> Subject: Jaegers
|>
|> Jaegar=jaeger, correct spelling. Jaeger (umlauted "a" no "e") is germanic
|> for "hunter" if I recall my hochschule Deutsch correctly, and also, in the
|> Scandinavian (except Finnish) languages as well.

Jaeger is German, meaning hunter. But the names used for Stercorarius spp. are
American jaeger
Dutch jager
British skua
German Raubmoewe (i.e., raptor gull)
Swedish labb (Norwegian as well?)

The German origin of the American word can also be seen in its
pronunciation : yayger, not jayger. Approximately as in German.

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