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Webster 1913 Edition
Puffin
Puf′fin
(pŭf′fĭn)
, Noun.
[Akin to
puff
.] 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
. ☞ 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.]
Rider’s Dict. (1640).
Webster 1828 Edition
Puffin
PUFF'IN
,Noun.
1.
A kind of fish.2.
A kind of fungus with dust; a fuzzball.