wagel, waggel dial.
(ˈwægəl)
Also 7 wagell, 9 waggle.
[Perh. Cornish.]
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.
| a 1672 Willughby Ornith. iii. ii. §3 (1676) 266 Wagell Cornubiensium,..The great gray Gull. 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Suppl., Waggel. 1785 Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 375 Wagel Gull. 1825 Shaw Gen. Zool. XIII. 187 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus Marinus)..Wagel Gull. 1843 Jardine Birds Gt. Brit. iv. 299 Larus marinus, Linn... Great Black-backed Gull of British authors.—(L. nævius, the Wagel, young). 1880 W. Cornwall Gloss., Wagel, a grey gull. 1893–4 Northumb. Gloss., Waggle-gull, the young of the greater black-backed gull Larus Marinus, L. |