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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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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