Home › Words › B › bonxiebonxie/ˈbɒŋk.si/bonxie means the great skua, Stercorarius skua.bonxie is pronounced /ˈbɒŋk.si/.EtymologyFrom Scots bonxie, from Old Norse bunki.nounThe great skua, Stercorarius skua.e.g.“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 […]” — 2006, Graham Uney, Backpacker's Britain: Northern Scotland:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.scaury 63% match — A young gull. vs bonxie →garefowl 63% match — The great auk. vs bonxie →seahawk 62% match — A rapacious gull-like bird of the genus Stercorarius. vs bonxie →scaurie 59% match — The young of any gull. vs bonxie →scraber 58% match — The black guillemot. vs bonxie →hackbolt 58% match — A greater shearwater or hagdon (Ardenna gravis). vs bonxie →skunkbird 58% match — A bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). vs bonxie →guga 58% match — solan goose or northern gannet vs bonxie →