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.
Example Sentences
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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
The challenge of sighting puffins adds to their allure: Like Maine’s other photogenic wildlife icon, the moose, puffins are genetically wired to stay elusive.
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
How do you attract puffins to an island?
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The feathered horns of the comical puffins drooped low, and Kapugen told her they seemed to be grieving with him.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
