'Marrot' definitions:

Definition of 'Marrot'

From: GCIDE
  • Marrot \Mar"rot\, n. (Zool.) (a) The razor-billed auk. See Auk. (b) The common guillemot. (c) The puffin. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also marrott, and morrot.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'marrot'

From: 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}. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill. [1913 Webster]
  • Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) The puffball. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640). [1913 Webster]