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marrot

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puffin  \Puf"fin\  (p[u^]f"f[i^]n),  n.  [Akin  to  puff.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  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}. 
 
  Note:  The  name  is  also  applied  to  other  related  species,  as 
  the  horned  puffin  ({F.  corniculata}),  the  tufted  puffin 
  ({Lunda  cirrhata}),  and  the  razorbill. 
 
  {Manx  puffin},  the  Manx  shearwater.  See  under  {Manx}. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  The  puffball. 
 
  3.  A  sort  of  apple.  [Obs.]  --Rider's  Dict.  (1640). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Marrot  \Mar"rot\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  razor-billed  auk.  See  {Auk}. 
  b  The  common  guillemot. 
  c  The  puffin.  [Prov.  Eng.]  [Written  also  {marrott},  and 
  {morrot}.]