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puffin

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
puffin/ˈpʌfɪn/

▶noun a hole-nesting northern auk with a large head and a massive brightly coloured triangular bill. [Fratercula arctica and other species.]

– origin ME (denoting the Manx shearwater): appar. from puff + -ing3, with ref. to the Manx shearwater's fat nestlings.

'puffin' also found in these Oxford entries:

auk - puffin crossing

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