noun
puffins
• Syn: ↑genus Fratercula
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Alcidae, ↑family Alcidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑Atlantic puffin, ↑Fratercula arctica, ↑horned puffin, ↑Fratercula corniculata
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Fratercula /fra-tûrˈkū-lə/
noun
The puffin genus
ORIGIN: Ety as for ↑fraternize
Useful english dictionary. 2012.