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bonxie

UK/ˈbɒŋk.si/US/ˈbɑŋk.si/

bonxie noun: the great skua, Stercorarius skua.

Noun

bonxie (plural bonxies)

  1. (Shetland, UK) The great skua, Stercorarius skua.
    • 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 […]2006, Graham Uney, Backpacker's Britain: Northern Scotland
    • It is the large brown bonxies that heckle me as I pass across the high moor and approach the sheep gate.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 102

Forms of bonxie

pluralbonxies

Origin of bonxie

From Scots bonxie, from Old Norse bunki.

Questions about bonxie

What does bonxie mean?
Bonxie means the great skua, Stercorarius skua.
What part of speech is bonxie?
Bonxie is a noun.
How do you pronounce bonxie?
Bonxie is pronounced /ˈbɒŋk.si/ (UK).
What is the plural of bonxie?
The plural of bonxie is bonxies.

Words near bonxie in the dictionary

  1. Bonvillain
  2. Bonvillains
  3. Bonville
  4. Bonvilston
  5. Bonwick
  6. bonxie
  7. bonxies
  8. bony
  9. bony bream
  10. bony fish
  11. bony fishes

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