puffin
puf·fin
noun
1.
any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
Origin
From Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff + -ing, or perhaps ultimately from Middle Cornish (compare Breton poc'han (“puffin”)).
Phrases
- Atlantic puffin
- common puffin
- crested puffin
- horned puffin
- puffin crossing
- tufted puffin
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