Definition of puffin Puffin
/pʌˈfɪˌn/ - [pufin] - puf•fin
We found 9 definitions of puffin from 7 different sources.
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What does puffin mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: puffins |
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| puffin - any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills | ||
| sea bird, seabird, seafowl a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. | ||
| alcidae, family alcidae web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. | ||
| atlantic puffin, fratercula arctica common puffin of the northern Atlantic | ||
| fratercula corniculata, horned puffin northern Pacific puffin | ||
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Wiktionary 
- puffin (Noun)
Any of various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly coloured beak.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- puffin (n.)
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. - puffin (n.)
The puffball. - puffin (n.)
A sort of apple.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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puffin
Common puffin of the northern Atlantic.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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puffin
puf′in, n. a water-fowl having a short, thick, projecting beak like that of a parrot: a puff-ball
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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puffin
The Fratercula arctica, a sea-bird with a singular bill, formerly supposed to be a bird in show, but a fish in substance, in consequence of which notion the pope permitted its being eaten in Lent.
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🔤- puffin, noun, singular of puffins.
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