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PUFFIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("puffin" is a kind of...):
sea bird; seabird; seafowl (a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "puffin"):
Atlantic puffin; Fratercula arctica (common puffin of the northern Atlantic)
Fratercula corniculata; horned puffin (northern Pacific puffin)
Lunda cirrhata; tufted puffin (northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye)
Holonyms ("puffin" is a member of...):
Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)
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