Meaning

1 senses
  1. A species of puffin, Fratercula corniculata, similar in appearance to the Atlantic puffin except with different bill colours and a significant fleshy "horn" above each eye.

    Hornlund

    ипа́ткаipátka, тихоокеа́нский ту́пикtixookeánskij túpik

More definitions
  • northern Pacific puffin

Translations

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Русский
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Fratercula corniculata:
Deutsch
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Fratercula corniculata:

Origin

So called because of the significant fleshy "horn" above each eye.

So called because of the significant fleshy "horn" above each eye.

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Forms

plural: horned puffins
Singularhorned puffin
Pluralhorned puffins

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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