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JAEGER
jaeger
(noun) rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the company name of Dr Gustav Jaeger's Sanitary Woollen Systems Co. Ltd.
Noun
Jaeger (plural Jaegers)
The proprietary name of a range of woollen clothing; an item of woollen clothing.
Etymology
Noun
jaeger (plural jaegers)
Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
A hunter's guide.
A rifle.
A sharpshooter, a rifleman, light infantry.
(In science fiction): a robotic exoskeleton used in combat.
Synonyms
• (bird of the genus Stercorarius): skua
Source: Wiktionary
Jae"ger, n.
Definition: See Jager.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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