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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 puf·fin /ˈpʌfən/
 海鸚

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.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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