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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]
While original letters written by Nehru were in English, they were translated into Hindi by the Hindi novelist Munshi Premchand under the name Pita Ke Patra Putri Ke Naam. [ citation needed ] In 2014, a Spanish translation with the title "Cartas a mi hija Indira" (Letters to my daughter Indira), was released by Rodolfo Zamora.
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]
The Atlantic puffin, which feeds on small fish such as herring and hake, is listed as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The birds can grow nearly a foot ...
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 .
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.
The Puffin Puzzle Book: W. E. Gladstone: William Grimmond: 1944: The first Puffin Story Book to have an illustrated cover unique to itself. PS 10: Tents in Mongolia: Henning Haslund-Christensen---1943: Adventures and experiences among the nomads of Central Asia. A youth edition prepared by Eleanor Graham: PS 11: Carcajou: Rutherford Montgomery ...
This is a list of the pierid butterflies of India.It forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.. The family Pieridae, or the whites and yellows are a family of butterflies of moderate or small size.