释义 |
puffinry|ˈpʌfɪnrɪ| [f. puffin1 + -ry.] A place occupied by a breeding colony of puffins.
1954Fisher & Lockley Sea-Birds iii. 64 There are seven separate puffin-slopes on St. Kilda each of which is larger than..even the largest puffinry in the..Shiant Isles. 1960Williamson & Boyd St. Kilda Summer xi. 113 It [sc. Stac Lee, St. Kilda] has large guillemot and kittiwake colonies too, and Stac an Armin many razorbills and a big puffinry. 1974Country Life 14 Feb. 290/2 Much the same is true of the other puffinries on the islands. |