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ATLANTIC PUFFIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atlantic puffin mean? 

ATLANTIC PUFFIN (noun)
  The noun ATLANTIC PUFFIN has 1 sense:

1. common puffin of the northern Atlanticplay

  Familiarity information: ATLANTIC PUFFIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ATLANTIC PUFFIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common puffin of the northern Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atlantic puffin; Fratercula arctica

Hypernyms ("Atlantic puffin" is a kind of...):

puffin (any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills)

Holonyms ("Atlantic puffin" is a member of...):

Fratercula; genus Fratercula (puffins)


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