The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Any of several sea birds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda of northern regions, characteristically having black and white plumage and a vertically flattened, triangular bill that is brightly colored during breeding season.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.
n. The puffball.
n. A sort of apple.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A sea-parrot, colter-neb, or bottle-nosed auk; a bird of the family Alcidæ and genus Fratercula or Lunda. See these words.
n. A kind of fungus; a fuzzball; a puffball.
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n. A name wrongly applied to the Manx shearwater, Puffinus anglorum.
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n. any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
Word Usage
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