puffin

• n. センチネルバード；パフィン；ウミガモなど。

吹くという意味のpuffと小単語の接尾辞である-inからきている可能性がある。この鳥の球根のような体から名づけられた。

puffin

puffin: [14] Puffin probably goes back to one of the ancestral Celtic languages of the British Isles – perhaps Cornish. Its English guise is no doubt due to its plump appearance, which suggested associations with puff [13] (a word which originated as an imitation of the sound of puffing).

puffin (n.)

North Atlantic seabird, mid-14c., perhaps connected with puff on notion of appearance, or from some Celtic word (earliest association is with Cornwall and Scilly), and altered by influence of puff.

1. The Hatfield Puffin is a modern aeropane，but its designer，Mr.John Wimpenny，is finding it difficult to get it off the ground.

ハートフェルド?プフィンはモダンな飛行機だが、この飛行機を設計したジョン?ウェンペイニ氏はそれを地上に飛ばすのは難しいと感じている。

2.N Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye.

北太平洋の海オウムは、それぞれの目の上に黄色の羽がある。