puffin
Noun
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Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills (synset 102050268)
is a type of: sea bird, seabird, seafowl - a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.subtypes:
- 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
belongs to: alcidae, family alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
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