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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Puffball \Puff"ball'\, noun (Bot.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist}, {puff}, and {puffin}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), noun [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 ({Fratercula 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
puffin
noun: any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
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