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PUFFINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Puffinus mean? 

PUFFINUS (noun)
  The noun PUFFINUS has 1 sense:

1. shearwatersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PUFFINUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shearwaters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Puffinus; Puffinus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Puffinus"):

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

Holonyms ("Puffinus" is a member of...):

family Procellariidae; Procellariidae (petrels; fulmars; shearwaters)


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