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bonxies

bonxies is the plural of bonxie.

Meaning of bonxie

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

Questions about bonxies

What is bonxies the plural of?
Bonxies is the plural of bonxie.

Words near bonxies in the dictionary

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

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