puffin
puf·fin
noun \ˈpə-fən\Definition of PUFFIN
: any of several seabirds (genera Fratercula and Lunda) of the northern hemisphere having a short neck and a deep grooved parti-colored laterally compressed bill
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Origin of PUFFIN
Middle English pophyn
First Known Use: 14th century
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