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]