TUFTED PUFFIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tufted puffin mean? 

• TUFTED PUFFIN (noun)
  The noun TUFTED PUFFIN has 1 sense:

1. northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUFTED PUFFIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lunda cirrhata; tufted puffin

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

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

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

genus Lunda; Lunda (puffins)