What does bonxie mean?
Bonxie means (UK, chiefly Shetland) The great skua, Stercorarius skua..
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/ˈbɒŋk.si/ · noun
(UK, chiefly Shetland) 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 […]
It is the large brown bonxies that heckle me as I pass across the high moor and approach the sheep gate.
Use bonxie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bonxie means (UK, chiefly Shetland) The great skua, Stercorarius skua..
Common synonyms include skua.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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