bonxie

Etymology

From Scots bonxie, from Old Norse bunki.

Noun

bonxie (plural bonxies)

1. (Britain, chiefly Shetland) The great skua, Stercorarius skua.
   • 2006, Graham Uney, Backpacker's Britain: Northern Scotland‎,

     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 […]

References

• “bonxie” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh

Etymology

From Old Norse bunki.

Noun

bonxie (plural bonxies)

1. (chiefly Shetland) the great skua, Stercorarius skua

References

• “bonxie” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh