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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Perhaps from puff, from the idea of the young ones being "puffed up" in shape

puffin

 noun
     
puffin
Related topics: Animals
puf‧fin [countable]
HBA a North Atlantic sea bird with a black and white body and a large brightly coloured beak
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