puffin

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 [ˈpʌfɪn]

n

(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]

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

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