Bonxie

//ˈbɒŋk.si// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The great skua, Stercorarius skua. Shetland, UK

    "Bonxies are more than happy to fly at you as you walk harmlessly across the moors, and they regularly clip people with a wing or extended foot […]"

  2. 2
    gull-like jaeger of northern seas wordnet

Synonyms

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great skuagreat skuaskuaskua

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"Bonxies are more than happy to fly at you as you walk harmlessly across the moors, and they regularly clip people with a wing or extended foot […]"

Etymology

From Scots bonxie, from Old Norse bunki.

Related phrases

great skuastercorarius skua

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