Puffinus puffinus
- noun
- Specialized
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Puffinus puffinus
- During the summer months, Puffinus puffinus breeds in colonies on offshore islands.
Examples
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Researchers studied the migration patterns of Puffinus puffinus across the Atlantic Ocean.
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The distinctive call of Puffinus puffinus can be heard at night near its nesting sites.
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The Puffinus puffinus is often spotted along the coast of Scotland.
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Have you ever seen a Puffinus puffinus in the wild?
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During the summer months, Puffinus puffinus breeds in colonies on offshore islands.
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The distinctive call of Puffinus puffinus can be heard at night near its nesting sites.
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Researchers studied the migration patterns of Puffinus puffinus across the Atlantic Ocean.
Synonyms
A small black and white sea bird that flies long distances over the ocean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents are the same genus name meaning 'oceanic birds', so a learner who knows that would at least infer the phrase refers to a bird in the Puffinus genus (i.e. a type of shearwater). However, the binomial Latin taxonomic convention and the specific species identity (Manx shearwater) are not deducible from ordinary English compositional rules, so the meaning is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Puffinus puffinus may come from the old word puffin, once used for small, rounded sea birds that looked puffed up. So the repeated name helps you remember this is a small black-and-white seabird called the 'Manx shearwater'.
