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FRATERCULA ARCTICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fratercula arctica mean? 

FRATERCULA ARCTICA (noun)
  The noun FRATERCULA ARCTICA has 1 sense:

1. common puffin of the northern Atlanticplay

  Familiarity information: FRATERCULA ARCTICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRATERCULA ARCTICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common puffin of the northern Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atlantic puffin; Fratercula arctica

Hypernyms ("Fratercula arctica" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Fratercula arctica" is a member of...):

Fratercula; genus Fratercula (puffins)


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