Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coulterneb"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [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 ({F. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Coulterneb \Coul"ter*neb`\ (-n[e^]b`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The puffin.


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