puffin

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpʌfɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpʌfɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(puf′in)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
puf•fin /ˈpʌfɪn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Birdsa sea bird of the auk family with a short neck and a colorful, triangular bill.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
puf•fin  (puf′in),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsany of several alcidine sea birds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda, having a short neck and a large, compressed, grooved bill, as F. arctica (Atlantic puffin), of the North Atlantic.
  • 1300–50; Middle English poffoun, poffin, puffon (compare Anglo-Latin poffo, puffo); origin, originally uncertain

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
puffin / ˈpʌfɪn/
  1. any of various northern diving birds of the family Alcidae (auks, etc), esp Fratercula arctica (common or Atlantic puffin), having a black-and-white plumage and a brightly coloured vertically flattened bill: order Charadriiformes
Etymology: 14th Century: perhaps of Cornish origin
'puffin' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Atlantic puffin

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