puffin
The Atlantic puffin or any of the other various small seabirds of the genera…The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak.
» The puffins are raising their chick.
Meaning
4 sensesThe Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak.
Lund, Lundevogel, Papageitaucher
ту́пикtúpik, топо́рикtopórik
іпаткаipatka
Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
(obsolete)The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
(obsolete)A puffball.
- any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
Examples
24 sentencesThe puffins are raising their chick.
Skuas are more maneuvrable than puffins.
Guillemots and puffins live in the same areas.
What's the difference between a puffin and a penguin?
Puffins make several fishing trips per day.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff + -ing, or perhaps ultimatFrom Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff + -ing, or perhaps ultimately from Middle Cornish (compare Breton poc'han (“puffin”)).
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