From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) 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}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin ({Fratercula corniculata}), the
tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata}), and the razorbill.
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{Manx puffin}, the Manx shearwater. See under {Manx}.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mormon \Mor"mon\, n. (Eccl.)
A member of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of
Latterday Saints, which has always rejected polygamy. It was
organized in 1852, and is represented in about forty States
and Territories of the United States.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mormon \Mor"mon\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion;
Mormon practices.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mormon \Mor"mon\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. mormw`n monster,
bugbear.] (Zool.)
(a) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the
puffin.
(b) The mandrill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mormon \Mor"mon\, prop. n. (Eccl.)
One of a Christian denomination (The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints) in the United States, followers of
Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the
Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the
{Book of Mormon}, first published in 1830. The Mormons
believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles,
etc., has control of civil and religious matters.
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Note: The Mormons call their religious organization The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its head
claims to receive revelations of God's will, and to
have certain supernatural powers. The church
headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah. They form a
substantial fraction of the population of Utah, and at
the end of the 20th centrury their numbers were
increasing due to active proselytization.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mormon
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon
Church; "Mormon leaders"; "the former Mormon practice of
polygamy"
n 1: the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph
Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints
2: a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
[syn: {Latter-Day Saint}, {Mormon}]
From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]:
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