Phrase guide

Atlantic puffin

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A species of puffin (Fratercula arctica).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

common puffin of the northern Atlantic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Fratercula arctica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: puffin

History

Etymology

From Atlantic and puffin.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: fraret — Fratercula arctica
  • Montagnais: munaikutan — Fratercula arctica
  • Czech: papuchalk severní — Fratercula arctica
  • Danish: lunde — Fratercula arctica
  • Dutch: papegaaiduiker — Fratercula arctica
  • Dutch: papegaaiduiker — Fratercula arctica
  • Esperanto: Atlantika fraterkulo — Fratercula arctica
  • Finnish: lunni — Fratercula arctica
  • French: macareux moine — Fratercula arctica
  • Galician: tabuela — Fratercula arctica
  • Galician: aro — Fratercula arctica
  • German: Papageitaucher — Fratercula arctica
  • Hungarian: lunda — Fratercula arctica
  • Irish: puifín Atlantach — Fratercula arctica
  • Italian: fratercula — Fratercula arctica
  • Italian: pulcinella di mare — Fratercula arctica
  • Japanese: 西角目鳥 (nishitsunomedori) — Fratercula arctica
  • Japanese: ニシツノメドリ (nishitsunomedori) — Fratercula arctica
  • Norwegian: lunde — Fratercula arctica
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lunde — Fratercula arctica
  • Polish: maskonur — Fratercula arctica
  • Polish: maskonur zwyczajny — Fratercula arctica
  • Portuguese: papagaio-do-mar — Fratercula arctica
  • Russian: ту́пик (túpik) — Fratercula arctica
  • Russian: атлантический ту́пик (atlantičeskij túpik) — Fratercula arctica
  • Slovak: mníšik bielobradý — Fratercula arctica
  • Spanish: frailecillo atlántico — Fratercula arctica
  • Swedish: lunnefågel — Fratercula arctica
  • Turkish: bayağı deniz papağanı — Fratercula arctica
  • Ukrainian: іпатка атлантична (ipatka atlantyčna) — Fratercula arctica