Puffin

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  • noun. Any of several seabirds of the genus Fratercula of northern regions, characteristically having black-and-white plumage and a vertically flattened, triangular bill that is brightly colored during breeding season.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A name wrongly applied to the Manx shearwater, Puffinus anglorum.
  • noun. A sea-parrot, colter-neb, or bottle-nosed auk; a bird of the family Alcidæ and genus Fratercula or Lunda. See these words.
  • noun. A kind of fungus; a fuzzball; a puffball.
  • noun. of the
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
  • noun. The puffball.
  • noun. A sort of apple.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
    • Word Usage
    "(Plush animals, among which the puffin is the cutest, come with a $50 donation and up.)"
    cross-reference
    crested puffin  horned puffin  isle of man  manx puffin  
    Form
    puffinet  puffinry  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sea bird  seabird  seafowl  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Atlantic puffin  fratercula arctica  fratercula corniculata  horned puffin  lunda cirrhata  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    New Age  New World  auk  bustard  carcanet  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sea-parrot  
    variant
    Mormon  bottle-nose  cockandy  coulterneb  marrot  
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