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Hagdon

Hag′don

(hăg′dŏn)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
One of several species of sea birds of the genus
Puffinus
; esp.,
Puffinus major
, the greater shearwarter, and
Puffinus Stricklandi
, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; – called also
hagdown
,
haglin
, and
hag
. See
Shearwater
.

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hagdon

hagdon

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hagdon (plural hagdons)

  1. One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus, especially, Puffinus major, the greater shearwater, and Puffinus stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater.