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  2. Puffin - Wikipedia

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    The English name "puffin" – puffed in the sense of swollen – was originally applied to the fatty, salted meat of young birds of the unrelated Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), formerly known as the "Manks puffin". [2] Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English pophyn or poffin) for the cured carcasses of nestling Manx shearwaters. [3]

  3. New wing man! Adorable baby puffin now starring at Central ...

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    An adorable rare baby puffin can now be seen frolicking at the Central Park Zoo — delighting animal lovers who gushed Friday over its heart-melting “chick floof.” The nearly 4-month-old male ...

  4. Atlantic puffin - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean ; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin being found in the northeastern Pacific .

  5. Auk - Wikipedia

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    Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. [1] The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into 11 genera.

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    Here are 125 cute, sexy, and romantic nicknames for your boyfriend, fiancé, baby daddy, FWB—basically anyone you're getting romantic with. ... Baby Love. Puffin. Romantic nicknames for your ...

  7. Puffinus - Wikipedia

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    Puffinus is a Neo-Latin loanword based on the English "puffin". The original Latin term for shearwaters was usually the catchall name for sea-birds, mergus. [8] "Puffin" and its variants, such as poffin, pophyn and puffing, [9] referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the shearwater, a former delicacy. [10]

  8. Alderney Puffin nests almost trebled since 2005 - AOL

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    The number of Puffin nests in Alderney has almost trebled since the island's wildlife trust starting monitoring the animals in 2005. ... 21 best 1990s baby names that are still relevant today.

  9. Manx shearwater - Wikipedia

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    The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English pophyn) for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters. The Atlantic puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits.