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Definition of Hagdon
1. n. One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.
Definition of Hagdon
1. Noun. One of several species of sea birds of the genus ''Puffinus'', especially, ''P. major'', the greater shearwarter, and ''P. stricklandi'', the black hagdon or sooty shearwater. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hagdon
1. a seabird [n -S] - See also: seabird
Medical Definition of Hagdon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagdon
Literary usage of Hagdon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Registers of Eglingham, in the County of Northumberland: Baptisms, 1662 by K. A. Martin, Herbert Maxwell Wood (1899)
"Lewis, hagdon. 1794. Jan. 1. Margaret Jobson, Lilburn, East Stead, aged 19. 8.
... John and Rebecca Scott, hagdon. 8. Jeremiah, s. John and Mary Taylor, ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1884)
"In the spring of 1879 I saw the first 'hagdon' (f. major) on May 26, and three
days later they were abundant, sitting on the water in large Hocks, ..."
3. A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America by Thomas Nuttall (1896)
"The Black hagdon of the fishermen — represented by the upper figure of the
illustration on page 272 — is a common bird on the North Atlantic between ..."
4. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"Then there is the Shearwater, known as the " hagdon," a bird that never goes to
land while in the North Atlantic, a fact which has given rise to a firm ..."
5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"... of goodwill was a " hagdon"—a sea-bird of too rank a savor to be universally
enjoyed. The days for washing out were also great days for the children. ..."
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