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puffin

The correct spelling is puffin.

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noun

IPA: /ˈpʌfɪn/

Say it like: Puf-fin

The correct spelling is puffin. The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.

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noun

  1. 1.The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
  2. 2.The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak.
  3. 3.Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
  4. 4.A puffball.

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