PUFFIN

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot.

2.
n.

The puffball.

3.
n.

A sort of apple. [Obs.] Rider's Dict. (1640).


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