hagdon

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hagdon

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Unknown. Compare later haglet (“shearwater, petrel”). Attested (as hagden) from the 17th century.

noun hagdons · hag · hagdown · haglin · hagden

archaic, regional Any member of any of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus, especially, of species Ardenna gravis (syn. Puffinus gravis, Puffinus major; great shearwater) and of species Puffinus stricklandi (black hagdon or sooty shearwater).

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@misc{hagdon_2026,
  title = {hagdon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hagdon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}