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Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Marrot :: Marrot (n.) The puffin.

Bottle-nose :: Bottle-nose (n.) The puffin.

Willock :: Willock (n.) The puffin.

Windiness :: Windiness (n.) Tumor; puffiness.

Puffin :: Puffin (n.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot..

Hagdon :: Hagdon (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater..

Puffin :: Puffin (n.) The puffball.

Puffingly :: Puffingly (adv.) In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.

Hognosesnake :: Hognosesnake () A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, esp. H. platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder, blowing adder, and sand viper..

Sea Pad :: Sea pad () The puffin.

Puffing :: Puffing () a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t..

Auk :: Auk (n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre..

Tomnoddy :: Tomnoddy (n.) A sea bird, the puffin..

Efflation :: Efflation (n.) The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind..

Coulterneb :: Coulterneb (n.) The puffin.

Puffery :: Puffery (n.) The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.

Puffball :: Puffball (n.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin..

Mormon :: Mormon (n.) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin..

Adder :: Adder (n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc..

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