Puffinus puffinus

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Translingual

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Puffinus puffinus

Etymology

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Named by a scientist who mistakenly thought the chick he was describing was a puffin.[1]

Proper noun

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Puffinus puffinus m

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Procellariidae – the Manx shearwater.

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References

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  1. ^ The Contemporary Review (1938), volume 154, page 86