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Adjective: puffed-up
Usage: informal
  1. Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
    "a puffed-up fool";
    - conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain, proud, swellheaded [N. Amer, informal]

See also: proud

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Puffinus
Puffinus puffinus
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