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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: puffin
puffin
n : any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks
and brightly colored compressed bills
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Puffin
Puffin
\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
.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin (
Fratercula corniculata), the
tufted puffin (
Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under
Manx.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
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