- puffin - any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
--1 is a kind of seabird, sea bird, seafowl
--1 is a member of Alcidae, family Alcidae
--1 has particulars:Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica; horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata; tufted puffin, Lunda cirrhata