Definition of PUFFIN

puffin

Plural: puffins

Noun

  • any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
  • The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
  • 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.
  • Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
  • A puffball.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff + -ing, or perhaps ultimately from Middle Cornish (compare Breton poc'han (“puffin”)).

Synonyms

pope, sea-parrot

Scrabble Score: 14

puffin is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
puffin is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
puffin is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

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