puffin
(noun) any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
Source: WordNet® 3.1
puffin (plural puffins)
(now, obsolete) The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food. [14th–19th c.]
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. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms: pope (Britain, regional), sea-parrot
(entomology) Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
(obsolete) A puffball.
Source: Wiktionary
Puf"fin, n. Etym: [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (F. corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill. Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The puffball.
3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] Rider's Dict. (1640).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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