† kiddawn.
/ˈkɪdɔː/ Ornithology. Obsolete.
A Cornish name for the guillemot.
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1674 J. Ray S. & E. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 61 In Cornwal they call the guilliam a kiddaw.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 324 The Bird called by the Welsh and Manks-men, a Guillem;..by the Cornish, a Kiddaw.
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