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BONXIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bonxie mean?
• BONXIE (noun)
The noun BONXIE has 1 sense:
1. gull-like jaeger of northern seas
Familiarity information: BONXIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gull-like jaeger of northern seas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bonxie; skua
Hypernyms ("bonxie" is a kind of...):
jaeger (rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bonxie"):
Catharacta skua; great skua (large brown skua of the northern Atlantic)
Holonyms ("bonxie" is a member of...):
Catharacta; genus Catharacta (skuas)
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