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bonxie

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bonxie [ˈbɒŋksɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a name, originally Shetland, for the great skua (see skua)
[probably of Scandinavian origin: compare Norwegian bunke heap, something dumpy]
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Noun1.bonxie - gull-like jaeger of northern seasbonxie - gull-like jaeger of northern seas    
skua
jaeger - rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey
Catharacta, genus Catharacta - skuas
Catharacta skua, great skua - large brown skua of the northern Atlantic
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Built like a gull on steroids, the bonxie is streaked brown with a huge, cruelly hooked bill.
No 'birder' worth his salt can miss out on a trip to the wilds of ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Built like a gull on steroids, the bonxie is streaked brown with a huge, cruelly hooked bill.
No 'birder' worth his salt can miss out on a trip to the wilds of ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
The boys loved the sight of a great Skua, or bonxie, attacking a much larger gannet to make it drop its load of fish.
SHEER MAGIC; TOM MORTON and kids, Magnus, 12, James, nine, and ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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