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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A small black-and-white oceanic bird (
Puffinus puffinus , orPuffinus anglorum ), common in the Eastern North Atlantic. Called alsoManx petrel ,Manx puffin . It is avariety ofshearwater . It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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- noun A long-winged
pelagic seabird ,Puffinus puffinus , of the familyProcellariidae
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- noun small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic
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