Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) 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 , andhag . See shearwater.
Examples
“Toygan means 'falcon, hawk'; toynak 'hoof'; tirnak 'claw'; tirmiklamak 'to rake, harrow'; tay 'colt' - which trots us off to English hagdon, haggard, haglet, harrier, and hawk.”
Lists
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birds
birds with singular names from
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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.
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reesetee Obsolete name for the Sooty and Greater Shearwater. Dec 7, 2007