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bonxie

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bonx⋅ie

  [bongk-see]
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–noun
skua (def. 1).
Origin:
1765–75; of uncert. orig.; final element is appar. -sy

sku⋅a

  [skyoo-uh]
–noun
1. Also called bonxie. any of several large brown gull-like predatory birds of the genus Catharacta, related to jaegers, esp. C. skua (great skua), of colder waters of both northern and southern seas.
2. British. jaeger (def. 1).
Origin:
1670–80; < Faeroese skū(g)vur; c. ON skūfr tassel, tuft, also skua (in poetry), akin to shove 1
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