BONXIE

skua, bonxie

(noun) gull-like jaeger of northern seas

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bonxie (plural bonxies)

(UK, chiefly, Shetland) The great skua, Stercorarius skua.

Source: Wiktionary



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