Hagdown

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hagdon \Hag"don\ (h[a^]g"d[o^]n), n. (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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