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puffin

UK /ˈpʌfɪn/ | US /ˈpʌfɪn/

The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.

puffin in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
  • (noun) 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.
  • (noun) Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
  2. 2
    noun 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.
  3. 3
    noun Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
  4. 4
    noun A puffball.

Synonyms

pope sea-parrot
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