मद्गु m. (
-द्गुः)
1. An aquatic bird, the shag.
2. An outcaste, the son of a Brāhmana by a woman of the bard, or panegyrist class, whose employment is hunting wild beasts.
3. A ship, a galley.
E. मस्ज् to emerge, to dive,
उ aff., deriv, irr.; or
मद to be delighted, (in the water,) and
गुक् Unādi aff.