puffin vs penguin
Definitions
noun
- any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
Examples
A battery powers an atomizer which is triggered by "puffing" on the cartridge of the device.
Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata.
This may be because when he started mixing up a bucket in the new kitchen, billows of dust began puffing under the doors onto my new upstairs carpets.
Definitions
noun
- short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
Examples
It's penguins, albatrosses, caracaras, steamer ducks and a couple of endemic small jobs you've come for.
April 1974 Penguin reprint with a cover design by David Pelham.
Penguin used to do these great science fiction paperback editions, and they had one series with really evocative paintings — glossy, garish, almost hyperrealist — on the covers.
