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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Puf·fin 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.
 Note: ☞ The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
 Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
 2. Bot. The puffball.
 3. A sort of apple. [Obs.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Fratercula arctica
      n : common puffin of the northern Atlantic [syn: Atlantic
           puffin]