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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..

Shearwater :: Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon..

Marrot :: Marrot (n.) The puffin.

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

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

Puffin :: Puffin (n.) The puffball.

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

Coulterneb :: Coulterneb (n.) The puffin.

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

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

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.) 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..

Puffiness :: Puffiness (n.) The quality or state of being puffy.

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

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

Willock :: Willock (n.) The puffin.

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

Puffing :: Puffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Puf.

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..

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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