Puffin

n.	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. Manx puffin the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
	2.	(Bot.) The puffball.
	3.	A sort of apple.

Noun

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puffin - any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

Alcidae, Atlantic puffin, family Alcidae, Fratercula arctica, Fratercula corniculata, horned puffin, Lunda cirrhata, sea bird, seabird, seafowl, tufted puffin