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. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill. [ 1913 Webster ]
Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) The puffball. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A sort of apple. [ Obs. ] Rider's Dict. (1640). [ 1913 Webster ]
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