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hagdon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hag-don
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Archaic

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

hagdons (plural) hag (alternative) hagdown (alternative) haglin (alternative) hagden (alternative)

Questions

What does hagdon mean?
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).
Where does hagdon come from?
Unknown. Compare later haglet (“shearwater, petrel”). Attested (as hagden) from the 17th century.

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