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Definition of Bonxie
1. Noun. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
Generic synonyms: Jaeger
Group relationships: Catharacta, Genus Catharacta
Specialized synonyms: Catharacta Skua, Great Skua
Definition of Bonxie
1. Noun. (UK chiefly Shetland) the great skua, ''Stercorarius skua'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bonxie
1. the great skua [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonxie
Literary usage of Bonxie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State by John R. Tudor (1883)
"One word before saying good-bye to the bonxie; no eggs of the Great Skua offered
for sale in Shetland can have been honestly obtained, as the proprietors ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1873)
"A little more vigour might have been given to the action of the boy, as he stands
ready to receive the attack of tie great bird, nor does the " bonxie ..."
3. Wild Life at Home: How to Study and Photograph it by Richard Kearton (1901)
"The great skua, or bonxie as it is called ... The bonxie makes a great impression
upon the naturalist when he beholds it for the first time. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society by Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1822)
"... and if man, bent on sinister purposes, continues to brave the bonxie's fury,
he will seldom accomplish his aim without carrying away marks of war. ..."
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