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puffin

[ puhf-in ]

noun

  1. 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

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puffin1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English poffoun, poffin, puffon (compare Anglo-Latin poffo, puffo ); origin uncertain
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puffin1

C14: perhaps of Cornish origin
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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.

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One particularly striking photograph shows a gull eating a baby puffin.

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But it is a favourite food of other fish species like cod and haddock, as well as threatened seabirds such as puffins and kittiwakes.

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Ferrets and rats pose a grave risk to puffins and other seabirds who breed on Rathlin Island every year in their thousands.

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A puffin population has been declared "stable" following fears that bird flu might have had a more devastating effect.

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