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   Puffball , n. (Bot.) 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.
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   Puffin , n. [Akin to puff.]
   (Zool.) 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.
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   ☞ The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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   Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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   (Bot.) The puffball.
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   A sort of apple. [Obs.]
   Rider's Dict. (1640).
   
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