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puf•fin
Pronunciation: (puf'in), [key]—
n.
any of several alcidine sea birds of the genera
Fratercula and
Lunda, having a short neck and a large, compressed, grooved bill, as
F. arctica (Atlantic puffin), of the North Atlantic.
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