dial. 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.
