the puffin is a form of:

Puffin



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
2.
A sort of apple.
1.
The puffball