Bonxie
/ˈbɒŋk.si/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 gull-like jaeger of northern seas wordnet
Example
More examples"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.