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PUFFINUS PUFFINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Puffinus puffinus mean? 

PUFFINUS PUFFINUS (noun)
  The noun PUFFINUS PUFFINUS has 1 sense:

1. small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlanticplay

  Familiarity information: PUFFINUS PUFFINUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUFFINUS PUFFINUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Manx shearwater; Puffinus puffinus

Hypernyms ("Puffinus puffinus" is a kind of...):

shearwater (long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves)


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