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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

  1. noun The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
  2. 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.
  3. noun Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.
  4. noun A puffball.

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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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