noun
common puffin of the northern Atlantic
• Syn: ↑Fratercula arctica
• Hypernyms: ↑puffin
• Member Holonyms: ↑Fratercula, ↑genus Fratercula
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
: a puffin (Fratercula arctica) of the No. Atlantic largely white below but with the upper parts blackish
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Atlantic puffin,
a puffin living on the rocky coasts of the Arctic, having a white breast, underparts, and throat and blackish wings and tail.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.