horned puffin

English

Horned puffins.

Etymology

So called because of the significant fleshy "horn" above each eye.

Noun

horned puffin (plural horned puffins)

1. A species of puffin, Fratercula corniculata, similar in appearance to the Atlantic puffin except with different bill colours and a significant fleshy "horn" above each eye.

Translations

Fratercula corniculata

• Dutch: gehoornde papegaaiduiker (nl) m
• Esperanto: korna fraterkulo
• French: macareux cornu m
• German: Hornlund m
• Japanese: 角目鳥 (ja) (ツノメドリ, tsunomedori)
• Navajo: tsídii naʼałkǫ́ʼí bidaaʼ diniltsooígíí
• Russian: ипа́тка (ru) f (ipátka), тихоокеа́нский ту́пик m (tixookeánskij túpik)

References

• horned puffin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fratercula corniculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Fratercula corniculata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons