Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - puffin
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Puffin
puffin
noun Etymology: Middle English pophyn Date: 14th century any of several seabirds (genera Fratercula and Lunda) of the northern hemisphere having a short neck and a deep grooved parti-colored laterally compressed bill
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n. any of various sea birds of the family Alcidae native to the N. Atlantic and N. Pacific, esp. Fratercula arctica, having a large head with a brightly coloured triangular bill, and black and white plumage. Etymology: ME poffin, pophyn, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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орнит. тепик (Fratercula) – Atlantic puffin – horn-billed puffin – horned puffin – tufted puffin ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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(puffins) A puffin is a black and white seabird with a large, brightly-coloured beak. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a North Atlantic seabird with a black and white body and a large brightly coloured beak ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 13c., perhaps connected with puff on notion of appearance, or from Celtic (earliest association is with Cornwall and Scilly), altered by influence of puff. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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