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puffin
[ puhf-in ]
noun
- any 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.
puffin
/ ˈ±èÊŒ´Úɪ²Ô /
noun
- 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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of puffin1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of puffin1
Example Sentences
The Humber Estuary is a site of special scientific interest and along with Bempton Cliffs Nature Reserve supports more than half a million birds annually including pink footed geese, puffins, avocets and bar-tailed godwits.
One particularly striking photograph shows a gull eating a baby puffin.
But it is a favourite food of other fish species like cod and haddock, as well as threatened seabirds such as puffins and kittiwakes.
Ferrets and rats pose a grave risk to puffins and other seabirds who breed on Rathlin Island every year in their thousands.
A puffin population has been declared "stable" following fears that bird flu might have had a more devastating effect.
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