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.
puffin
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for puffin.
Editorial note
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Quick take
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.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of puffin gathered in one view.
(entomology) Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for puffin.
noun
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.
noun
(entomology) Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
Example sentences
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Crossings with the sensors and the don't walk/walk lights on the side closest to you are puffin crossings.
Unfortunately, unlike the US, the British have pretty lame fighter jet names ('puffin', for example).
In my experience, the Puffin crossings are setup correctly precisely 0% of the time.
This feels something closer to Puffin Planes ($12), Rail Route ($25), Station Flow ($18).
I just noticed that both puffin's web site and the browser itself, are blocked in my area.
We used this client to run map reduce on puffin's servers.
Does anyone else find that the Puffin (bird) has a sort of natural worried look to it, making it a poor choice for a logo?
Yes, we reverse engineered Puffin 2.x and implemented a partially featured client in python.
This website is not associated with Puffin or Andrew Cope.
It does indeed look a little depressed when you google for puffin picture but none the less it's a beautiful creature, makes for a good and recognisable logo.
The puffin is one of my favorite birds (perhaps second only to the toucan), and as such, I felt compelled to recommend this browser to my friends and colleagues solely on the basis of the chosen bird.
Quote examples
At the point when /r/AdviceAnimals was removed from the defaults, it was basically "racist statement on top of Unpopular Opinion Puffin" all the time.
I'm not sure what would happen if you "walk into a restaurant, roll a joint and start puffin' away", I've never seen it happen, but I suppose you would be asked to put it out.
Proper noun examples
Debian 13 is more recent or neck-and-neck with many regular release distributions, like Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) or Fedora Linux 42, for example.
Unpopular Opinion Puffin: I like the font on her site...
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use puffin in a sentence?
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What does puffin mean?
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.
What part of speech is puffin?
puffin is commonly used as noun.