bonxie

English

Etymology

From Scots bonxie, from Old Norse bunki.

Noun

bonxie (plural bonxies)

(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 the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse bunki.

Noun

bonxie (plural bonxies)

(chiefly Shetland) the great skua, Stercorarius skua

Synonyms

skooi
skooie
skuie

References

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

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