PUFFIN


Meaning of PUFFIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpə-fən ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English pophyn

Date: 14th century

: any of several seabirds (genera Fratercula and Lunda ) of the northern hemisphere having a short neck and a deep grooved parti-colored laterally compressed bill

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.