Puffin

puffin
    n 1: any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks
         and brightly colored compressed bills
    

Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
   1. (Zool.) 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}.
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   Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
         the horned puffin ({Fratercula corniculata}), the
         tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
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   {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
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   2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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   3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
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Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
   A kind of ball-shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and
   other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
   ripe; -- called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist},
   {puff}, and {puffin}.
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