Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A name for the skua, Stercorarius catarrhactes.
Wiktionary
- n. UK the great skua, Stercorarius skua
WordNet 3.0
- n. gull-like jaeger of northern seas
Examples
“So maybe his eyes will get pecked out by a bonxie, he'll be attacked by a basking shark, or”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bonxie’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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The Porn Birds
It's the winter of 2039. Global warming and rapacious development is taking a serious toll on habitat for birds all around the world. In desperation, they turn to new careers in the feather-flick...
goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, wedgie, bonxie, baldpate and 95 more...
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bilby's Words
pandemic, whirl, guffaw, ethereal, feisty, dunt, ephemeral, pule, flipergebet, prink, maunder, gammon and 1023 more...
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
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Chained Bear's Favorite Words
peruvian, sparky, poop, etymological, fuck, whatnot, pulchritude, nosh, tetched, quotidian, squalid, trajectory and 388 more...
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Dr. Jamieson's Birds
A rich list of Scottish bird (nick)names and related terms cited in Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
stone-chatter, clocharet, bowger, coulter-neb, branchers, brissel-cock, turkey-cock, brongie, bubblyjock, polliecock, bullfit, bullfrench and 220 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Catrawords
bonxie, capercaillie, heliotrope, alizarin, senna, sangria, indigo, lackadaisical, lapis lazuli
Tweets
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reesetee Not to worry, sionnach. That happens to me fairly often, too. ;-)
C_b, use it wisely. These birds are fierce. Dec 9, 2007
chained_bear Yeah! You list a lot of awesome words. :)
You know, I even like the WeirdNet definition: "gull-like jaeger of northern seas." I'm going to work that phrase into conversation today. Dec 9, 2007
sionnach I listed this word first? I have no recollection. Dec 9, 2007
chained_bear Pre-fect!! :) Looks like he (she?) is singing, "I gotta be meeeeeee!!" Dec 9, 2007
reesetee Yeah, it's great, isn't it?
Got yer avatar right here, too. ;-) Dec 8, 2007
chained_bear Wow. This is going to be my username somewhere, next time I need one. :) Dec 8, 2007
reesetee Nickname for the Great Skua. Dec 6, 2007