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
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Sean and Jenny Taggart, 40-something Philadelphia residents on a camping sojourn through nearby Acadia National Park, had their binoculars fixed on puffins swimming off the stern of the tour boat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
Attempts to attract puffins to Lighthouse Island included setting up fake "decoy" puffins, and a solar powered speaker system broadcasting its call.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
How do you attract puffins to an island?
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Nations did not need to have the same kind of civilization, nor the same kind of leader, any more than the puffins and the guillemots did.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
