puffin
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- noun
- /ˈpʌfɪn/
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frailecillo
- In the summer, puffins return to the islands to breed and raise their young.
- the atlantic puffin
So I made this amazing puffin salad.
- So I made this amazing puffin salad.
Examples
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The puffin is known for its colorful beak and distinctive appearance as it dives for fish.
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During our trip to Iceland, we were thrilled to see a puffin nesting on the cliffside.
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Finally, when we were able to set up, my heart almost stopped beating when a puffin appeared only a few feet away.
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We have little rooms for each of the puffins that are staying here.
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For lenses, I recommend a telephoto zoom for the closer puffins and a longer prime lens if you own one.
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But the biologists are still waiting, just as Kress waited for puffins on Eastern Egg Rock.
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But after nearly a decade, Kress had proved that he could lure puffins to new breeding grounds.
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Predatory gulls kept showing up at Eastern Egg Rock to harass puffins and kill chicks.
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Witless Bay hosts the largest North American puffin colony, and the objective was to photograph Atlantic puffins and Northern gannets.
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The terns are aggressive and keep predatory gulls at bay, thus protecting the puffin eggs and newborn chicks.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
A small sea bird with a bright, colorful beak that lives in northern oceans
A group of seabirds that includes puffins
A seabird with a black back, white belly, and a bright, colorful beak that nests on northern Atlantic cliffs
A small seabird with a colorful beak found in the northern Atlantic
A small black-and-white seabird with fleshy 'horns' above its eyes found in the northern Pacific
A sea bird from the northern Pacific with small black horns above its eyes
A puffin with large yellow feathers above its eyes
A large seabird with bright yellow feathers over each eye when it has chicks
Compounds
A seabird with a black back, white belly, and a bright, colorful beak that nests on northern Atlantic cliffs
Surface Forms
Etymology
Puffin probably comes from the English word puff ('to blow' or 'puffed') plus a small ending -in, and it was used for the bird because of its round, puffed look and thick, colorful beak, so the name helps you picture this small, chubby seabird.