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puffin

/ˈpʌfɪn/ noun C2
  1. 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.
  2. Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.

Plural puffins

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