From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy},
{coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea
parrot}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin ({Fratercula corniculata}), the
tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
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{Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist},
{puff}, and {puffin}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puffin
n 1: any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks
and brightly colored compressed bills
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