hagdon
English
Alternative forms
- hag, hagdown, haglin
Etymology
Noun
hagdon (plural hagdons)
- One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus, especially, Puffinus major, the greater shearwarter, and Puffinus stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.