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PUFFIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("puffin" is a kind of...):

sea bird; seabird; seafowl (a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "puffin"):

Atlantic puffin; Fratercula arctica (common puffin of the northern Atlantic)

Fratercula corniculata; horned puffin (northern Pacific puffin)

Lunda cirrhata; tufted puffin (northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye)

Holonyms ("puffin" is a member of...):

Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)

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