| 单词 | atlantic puffin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAtlantic puffin b. A small auk, Fratercula arctica, which nests in burrows on the Arctic and northern coasts of the Atlantic and has black and white plumage and a very deep and brightly coloured bill (more fully Atlantic puffin). Later also (with distinguishing word): either of two similar auks of the genera Fratercula and Lunda, of the North Pacific. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > fratercula arctica (puffin) scout1596 willock1606 bottlenose1620 parrot1664 sea-parrot1664 guldenhead1676 coulterneb1678 mullet1678 puffin1678 cockandy1684 sea-coulter1684 bowger1698 norie1701 tammie norie1701 popea1705 lunda1744 rock-bird1765 puffin-auk1768 tommy noddy1769 Tomnoddy1771 Tommya1777 Tomnorry1793 Tommy1828 sea-owl1842 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 325 The Bird called Coulterneb at the Farn Islands, Puffin in North-Wales, in South-Wales Gulden-head, Bottle-nose, and Helegug, at Scarburgh Mullet, in Cornwal Pope. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 405 The Puffin. Puphinus anglicus. Gesner... Puffin, Coulterneb, &c. Wil[lughby]. 1835 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. III. 105 On my voyage to Labrador I observed Puffins every day. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 30 Known by the fishermen as sea parrots or coulternebs; but more generally designated in books as puffins. 1919 A. C. Bent Life Hist. N. Amer. Diving Birds 96 The puffin of the coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean from Greenland to Nova Zembla has been separated from the common Atlantic Puffin as a large subspecies. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 250 It seems a pity that such striking birds as the skimmers, shearwaters, and puffins do not do well. 2004 Bird Watch Canada Winter 3/2 The possibility of petroleum exploration off BC's coast could severely impact coastal waterbirds, including the Tufted Puffin. < as lemmas |
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