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Puffin

Puffin Meaning & Definition
Puffin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Puffin?

[n] any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

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See Also | Alcidae | Atlantic puffin | family Alcidae | Fratercula arctica | Fratercula corniculata | horned puffin | Lunda cirrhata | sea bird | seabird | seafowl | tufted puffin

Puffin In Webster's Dictionary

\Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy}, {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea parrot}. Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill. {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}. 2. (Bot.) The puffball. 3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).

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