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Definition of Puffin
1. Noun. Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills.
Group relationships: Alcidae, Family Alcidae
Specialized synonyms: Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula Arctica, Fratercula Corniculata, Horned Puffin, Lunda Cirrhata, Tufted Puffin
Definition of Puffin
1. n. 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.
Definition of Puffin
1. Noun. (obsolete) The Manx shearwater, ''Puffinus puffinus''. ¹
2. Noun. Any of various small seabirds of the genera ''Fratercula'' and ''Lunda'' that are black and white with a brightly coloured beak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puffin
1. a sea bird [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puffin
Literary usage of Puffin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"TUFTED puffin, Mormon cirrhatus, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iii. p. 364. Male, 15, 22£.
Extremely rare and accidental on the coast of the United States in winter ..."
2. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"In this study the burial evolution of the on- and off-structure portions of the
puffin sub-basin is tied to the diagenetic history inferred from the rock ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"instances, however, it inhabits a hole which has been dug out by a puffin.
And, before going farther, I may mention that perhaps one of the most singular ..."
4. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"MORMON ARCTICUS. THE ARCTIC puffin. puffin. POPE. SEA PARROT. ... I. 211.
Alea arctica. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II. 792. puffin. Mont . Ornith. Diet. and Supplt. ..."
5. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1857)
"The puffin is extremely abundant in Iceland, Lapland, and Norway, as well as in
other parts of ... In Yorkshire, the puffin is common at Flamborough. ..."
6. Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs by Henry Leonard Meyer (1850)
"THE puffin is a summer visitant in Great Britain, arriving in April, and departing
... The winter quarters of the puffin are south of us, on the open sea, ..."
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