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Definition of: puffin
(puf′in) noun
1. A sea bird allied to the auk and murre (family Alcidae), with deep compressed bill and thick naked skin at the corner of the mouth; especially, the common puffin (Fratercula arctica) of the North Atlantic; the Labrador auk.
2. The Pacific coast sea parrot (Lunda cirrhata). [Prob. <PUFF; with ref. to its puffed-out beak or the plumpness of its young]
(Body from 12 to 15 inches long)
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