noun
puffin
PUH-fihn
noun
1
A small black-and-white seabird with a large, brightly coloured beak, found around northern coastlines.
"Thousands of puffins nest on the cliffs every summer."
"The puffin's colourful beak makes it easy to spot."
How to Use Puffin
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe colourful little seabird with the big orange-and-black beak.
Common pairings
a colony of puffins
Atlantic puffin
Word Forms
puffins plural
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Etymology
From Middle English poffin; possibly related to Middle Cornish or Breton words for the bird, and influenced by "puff."