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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[ucr]f"f[icr]n), n. [Akin to puff.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic sea bird {Fratercula arctica}) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also {bottle nose}, {cockandy}, {coulterneb}, {marrot}, {mormon}, {pope}, and {sea parrot}. Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin ({F. corniculata}), the tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill. {Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}. 2. (Bot.) The puffball. 3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640). | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Marrot \Mar"rot\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The razor-billed auk. See {Auk}. (b) The common guillemot. (c) The puffin. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also {marrott}, and {morrot}.] | |
