Meanings
plural bonxies
- ShetlandUKThe great skua, Stercorarius skua.
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 1021 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Norsebunki
- Scotsbonxie
- Englishbonxie
From Scots bonxie, from Old Norse bunki.
More words from Scots, Old Norse
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