Atlantic puffins

puf·fin (p

Any of several sea birds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda of northern regions, characteristically having black and white plumage and a vertically flattened, triangular bill that is brightly colored during breeding season.

[Middle English poffoun, puffon, perhaps from puf, puff; see puff.]

puffin [ˈpʌfɪn]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various northern diving birds of the family Alcidae (auks, etc.), esp Fratercula arctica (common or Atlantic puffin), having a black-and-white plumage and a brightly coloured vertically flattened bill: order Charadriiformes

[perhaps of Cornish origin]

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Noun

puffin - any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

sea bird, seabird, seafowl - a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

Alcidae, family Alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.

Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica - common puffin of the northern Atlantic

Fratercula corniculata, horned puffin - northern Pacific puffin

Lunda cirrhata, tufted puffin - northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye

puffin noun

Related words
adjective alcidine
habitation puffinry

Translations

puffin [ˈpʌfɪn] N → frailecillo m

puffin [ˈpʌfɪn] n (= bird) → macareux m
puff pastry (British) puff paste (US) n → pâte f feuilletée

puffin

n → Papageientaucher m, → Lund m

puffin [ˈpʌfɪn] n → pulcinella m di mare, puffino

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Alcidae alcidine animal Atlantic puffin Bottle-nose Coulterneb family Alcidae Fratercula Fratercula arctica Fratercula corniculata genus Fratercula genus Lunda horned puffin Lunda Lunda cirrhata Manx puffin puffin crossing sea bird Sea parrot	Bald eagles build very simple nests of layered sticks, while the male masked weaver and the female Baltimore oriole create hanging cubicles; Atlantic puffins seek out little caverns such as abandoned rabbit holes, the wandering albatross builds a mound of mud and grass. From New York streets to ocean floor by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) Bald eagles build very simple nests of layered sticks, while the male masked weaver and the female Baltimore oriole create hanging cubicles; Atlantic puffins seek out little caverns such as abandoned rabbit holes, the wandering albatross builds a mound of mud and grass. Summer reading: Secrets of the city, wonders of nature by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) I'm still racked with guilt - Atlantic puffins are adorable; its Latin name means "little brother of the north" for God's sake Why I'll never forget the taste of puffin by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk	ATK Atka Island Atka mackerel Atkinson Atl. Atlanta Atlantal Atlantean atlantes Atlantic Atlantic bonito Atlantic bottlenose dolphin Atlantic Charter Atlantic City Atlantic Coast Atlantic cod Atlantic croaker Atlantic halibut Atlantic herring Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Atlantic manta Atlantic moonfish Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Provinces Atlantic puffin Atlantic puffins Atlantic ridley Atlantic sailfish Atlantic salmon Atlantic sea bream Atlantic spiny dogfish Atlantic Standard Time Atlantic stone Atlantic Time Atlantic tripletail Atlantic wall Atlantic walrus Atlantic white cedar Atlanticism Atlanticist Atlantides Atlantis Atlas Atlas cedar atlas moth Atlas Mountains Atlas powder atlas vertebra atlatl Atli ATM	Atlantic pollock Atlantic pollock Atlantic Precision Products Inc. Atlantic Professional Photographers Association Atlantic Protected Living Marine Resources Initiative Atlantic Provinces Atlantic Provinces Atlantic Provinces Association for Continuing University Education Atlantic Provinces Association of Landscape Architects Atlantic Provinces Athletic Therapists Association Atlantic Provinces Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors Atlantic Provinces Community College Consortium Atlantic Provinces Economic Council Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Atlantic Provinces Library Association Atlantic Provinces Numismatic Association Atlantic Provinces Nursery Trades Association Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association Atlantic Provinces Ready Mixed Concrete Association Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority Atlantic Provinces Transportation Commission Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference Atlantic Public Golf Program Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association Atlantic puffin Atlantic puffin Atlantic puffin Atlantic puffins Atlantic Pyrenees Atlantic Quality Design Inc. Atlantic Racquet Press Atlantic Razor Clam Atlantic Records Atlantic Redfishes Atlantic Region Defence Visible Minority Advisory Group Atlantic Region Energy Expo Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Act Atlantic Region Philosophers Association Atlantic Region Race Control Association Atlantic Region Reefers Group Atlantic Regional Command East Atlantic Regional Command West Atlantic Regional Medical Center Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Convention Atlantic Regional Panel Atlantic Reporter 2nd Series Atlantic Research Corporation Atlantic Research France Atlantic Research Marketing Systems Atlantic Research Marketing Systems, Inc. Atlantic Richfield Atlantic Richfield Company Atlantic Richfield Company

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Alcidae
alcidine
animal
Atlantic puffin
Bottle-nose
Coulterneb
family Alcidae
Fratercula
Fratercula arctica
Fratercula corniculata
genus Fratercula
genus Lunda
horned puffin
Lunda
Lunda cirrhata
Manx puffin
puffin crossing
sea bird
Sea parrot

Bald eagles build very simple nests of layered sticks, while the male masked weaver and the female Baltimore oriole create hanging cubicles; Atlantic puffins seek out little caverns such as abandoned rabbit holes, the wandering albatross builds a mound of mud and grass.

From New York streets to ocean floor by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

Summer reading: Secrets of the city, wonders of nature by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

I'm still racked with guilt - Atlantic puffins are adorable; its Latin name means "little brother of the north" for God's sake

Why I'll never forget the taste of puffin by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

Atlantic puffins

Atlantic Pyrenees
Atlantic Quality Design Inc.
Atlantic Racquet Press
Atlantic Razor Clam
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Redfishes
Atlantic Region Defence Visible Minority Advisory Group
Atlantic Region Energy Expo
Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Act
Atlantic Region Philosophers Association
Atlantic Region Race Control Association
Atlantic Region Reefers Group
Atlantic Regional Command East
Atlantic Regional Command West
Atlantic Regional Medical Center
Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Convention
Atlantic Regional Panel
Atlantic Reporter 2nd Series
Atlantic Research Corporation
Atlantic Research France
Atlantic Research Marketing Systems
Atlantic Research Marketing Systems, Inc.
Atlantic Richfield
Atlantic Richfield Company
Atlantic Richfield Company

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