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A local name of the Black-headed Gull, particularly in the Eastern Counties.
1676Willughby Ornithol. 266 Larus fuscus sive Hybernus, in agro Cantabrigiensi Coddy-moddy [Ray transl. (1678) 350 The Winter-Mew, called in Cambridge-shire the Coddy-moddy]. 1802G. Montagu Ornith. Dict., Coddy-moddy, vide Gull, Winter. 1837Penny Cycl. VII. 314 Coddy moddy. A gull in its first year's plumage. |