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- noun Plural form of
puffin .
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Examples
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A boat trip to check out puffins is on the cards if the weather cooperates.
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A boat trip to check out puffins is on the cards if the weather cooperates.
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Camping on Sule Skerry, some miles west of Orkney, the puffins were my nearest neighbours, closer than the bird-ringers 'tents huddled below the lighthouse.
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Notwithstanding we were so far advanced to the northward, we saw this day a tropic-bird, and also several other kinds of sea-birds, such as puffins, sea-parrots, sheerwaters, and albatrosses.
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Also, Audubon would not like to see turbines built where the undersea canyons come close to land, because that is where seabirds such as puffins and
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Also, Audubon would not like to see turbines built where the undersea canyons come close to land, because that is where seabirds such as puffins and
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No one expects the parties to blindly adhere to every policy because situations keep changes, however, election should not be about "puffins" and "Warm and fuzzy sweaters".
CTV News RSS Feed 2008
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No one expects the parties to blindly adhere to every policy because situations keep changes, however, election should not be about "puffins" and "Warm and fuzzy sweaters".
CTV News RSS Feed 2008
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This is apparently on account of the "fiercely independent and self-reliant" islanders and easily spotted whales, otters, seals and puffins.
No more wild stereotypes about Shetland Lesley Riddoch 2010
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Not only are baby seals and polar bears feeling the brunt of climate change but Kito, the third character in today's comic strip, is in the line of fire as well -- puffins' numbers are going down as the temperature goes up.
Neil Wagner: Global Warming Very Real to Baby Seals, Baby Neil Wagner 2012
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