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[syn: Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Fratercula arctica
n 1: common puffin of the northern Atlantic [syn: Atlantic
puffin, Fratercula arctica]