puffin
pronunciation
How to pronounce puffin in British English:
UK [ˈpʌfɪn]
How to pronounce puffin in American English:
US [ˈpʌfɪn]
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- Noun:
- any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
Word Origin
- puffin
- puffin: [14] Puffin probably goes back to one of the ancestral Celtic languages of the British Isles – perhaps Cornish. Its English guise is no doubt due to its plump appearance, which suggested associations with puff [13] (a word which originated as an imitation of the sound of puffing).
- puffin (n.)
- North Atlantic seabird, mid-14c., perhaps connected with puff on notion of appearance, or from some Celtic word (earliest association is with Cornwall and Scilly), and altered by influence of puff.
Example
- 1. Hatfield puffin doffer think if property is transferred to citizens by the ruler there , citizens property right of discretion depends on rulers .
- 2. Mr Lindo said : Along with the expected contenders - the friendly robin , charismatic puffin and elegant swan - there is one major surprise , the hen harrier , one of England \'s rarest breeding birds 。
- 3. The second part , mainly from the perspective of legal theory dismantlement compensation system for deeper analysis , including grid fatigue hughes and hatfield puffin doffer as a representative of natural law school views and by American scholar Michael mann , as a representative of the contemporary scholars views .
- 4. The 10 most popular birds which have been voted for the by the public are the robin , kingfisher , barn owl , blue tit , wren , blackbird , puffin , mute swan , red kite and hen harrier 。