puffin

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff +‎ -ing, or perhaps ultimately from Middle Cornish (compare Breton poc'han (“puffin”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpʌfɪn/ Rhymes: -ʌfɪn === Noun === puffin (plural puffins) (now obsolete) The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food. [14th–19th c.] The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: (Britain, regional) pope, sea-parrot (entomology) Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses. (obsolete) A puffball. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fraterculine ==== Descendants ==== → French: puffin→ Italian: puffino ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English puffin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /py.fɛ̃/ === Noun === puffin m (plural puffins) shearwater ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: puffino === Further reading === “puffin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012