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 and Etymology of puffin
Middle English pophyn
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: a black-and-white seabird that lives in the north Atlantic and has a large, colorful bill
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: a black-and-white seabird that has a short thick neck and a large bill marked with several colors
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