puffin
noun
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.
puffins
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pluralof puffin.plural
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Those include events called ocean heat waves—hotter than normal currents, related to climate change, that can radically change the mix of fish available for puffins to feed on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Bold Coast Charter’s trips allow participants to land on an island and spend a couple of hours in blinds to see and photograph at close range puffins gathered on rocks above their nesting burrows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
While people mainly associate Rathlin Island with puffins, they have returned to the Isle of Muck nature reserve in County Antrim in recent years, after a rat eradication programme.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Adam Ringland of Copeland Island Bird Observatory which is based on Lighthouse Island said the puffins are thriving due to the environment.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Flapping their short wings, the puffins seemed to fly through the water as they snatched fish with their sturdy beaks.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
