puffin meaning in Tamil
கடற்கிளி
/ˈpʌfɪn/
puffin in Tamil: கடற்கிளி. In English, puffin means the young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
Tamil words for puffin
- கடற்கிளி
English meaning of puffin
- noun The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
- noun The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak.
- noun Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
- noun A puffball.
Synonyms of puffin
puffin in other languages
Questions about puffin in Tamil
- What is the meaning of puffin in Tamil?
- Puffin in Tamil is கடற்கிளி.
- puffin என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Puffin: கடற்கிளி.
- What does puffin mean in English?
- Puffin means the young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: puffin (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: puffin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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