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bonxie

/ˈbɒŋk.si/ UK
/ˈbɑŋk.si/ US

Rhymes with -ɒŋksi

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From Scots bonxie, from Old Norse bunki.

noun bonxies

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 […]

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@misc{bonxie_2026,
  title = {bonxie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bonxie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}