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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 jae·ger /ˈjegɚ/
 純毛織品的一種;盜賊鷗;獵人

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jae·ger n. See Jager.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ja·ger n.  [Written also jaeger.]
 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).
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 jaeger
      n : rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them
          drop their prey