ALL meanings of puffin
puf·fin
P p - noun puffin any of several alcidine sea birds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda, having a short neck and a large, compressed, grooved bill, as F. arctica (Atlantic puffin) of the North Atlantic. 1
- noun puffin sea bird 1
- countable noun puffin A puffin is a black and white seabird with a large, brightly-coloured beak. 0
- noun puffin any of various northern diving birds of the family Alcidae (auks, etc), esp Fratercula arctica (common or Atlantic puffin), having a black-and-white plumage and a brightly coloured vertically flattened bill: order Charadriiformes 0
- noun puffin any of various northern alcidine shorebirds (esp. genus Fratercula) black above and white below, with a short neck, ducklike body, and a large, brightly colored, triangular beak 0