wagelwaggeln.
/ˈwaɡəl/ dialect.
A name for the Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus, in its immature state, when the plumage is mottled grey and white; formerly supposed to be a distinct species.
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1676 F. Willughby & J. Ray Ornithologiæ iii. ii. §3 266 Wagell Cornubiensium,..The great gray Gull.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Waggel.
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 375 Wagel Gull.
1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. 187 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus Marinus)..Wagel Gull.
1843 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Birds Great Brit. & Ireland (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. XIV) IV. 299 Larus marinus, Linn... Great Black-backed Gull of British authors.—(L. nævius, the Wagel, young).
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 62/2 Wagel, a grey gull.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Waggle-gull, the young of the greater black-backed gull Larus Marinus, L.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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