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bonxie

(ˈbɒŋksɪ)
n
(Animals) (originally in Shetland) the great skua. See skua
[C19: 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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