Puffinus puffinus

Translingual
Puffinus puffinus

Etymology

Named by a scientist who mistakenly thought the chick he was describing was a puffin.[1]

Proper noun

Puffinus puffinus m

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Procellariidae – the Manx shearwater.

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References
  1. The Contemporary Review (1938), volume 154, page 86
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