Puffling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpʌflɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Puffling is a noun meaning A young puffin.
Meaning
A young puffin.
Example Sentences
When they're old enough the young puffins, or pufflings as they're called, have to fly off to find food.
Both parents feed the infant puffling until it is very fat, then leave the chick, who must make its own way to the sea.
These fish are brought to the fluffy little Puffins in their snug nests inside of a burrow or under a slab of rock. The babies are called “Pufflings.”
Whee-er-er, whee-er-er! the puffling cries because he is hungry. Mama puffin arrives and lays her mouthful of live fish close to the front of the burrow.
Word Forms
- pufflings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include puffin, puffinry, parrot, puffinet, sea-parrot, puffback.
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