puffin (redirected from Atlantic puffins)

puf·fin  (pfn)

n.

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.

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

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puffin

Noun

a black-and-white sea bird with a brightly coloured beak [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

puffin [ˈpʌfɪn] n → frailecillo

puffin [ˈpʌfɪn] n → macareux m

puffin [ˈpʌfɪn] n → Papageientaucher m

puffin [ˈpʌfɪn] n → puffino