2syllables
puffin
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Definitions ofpuffin
1noun
- The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
- The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak.
Synonyms: pope, "sea-parrot"
- Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
- A puffball.
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