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Definition of Puffin
1. Noun. Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills.
Generic synonyms: Sea Bird, Seabird, Seafowl
Group relationships: Alcidae, Family Alcidae
Specialized synonyms: Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula Arctica, Fratercula Corniculata, Horned Puffin, Lunda Cirrhata, Tufted Puffin
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
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