"puffin crossing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: puffin crossings [plural]
Etymology: Short for pedestrian user-friendly intelligent crossing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} puffin crossing (plural puffin crossings)
  1. (UK) A kind of pedestrian crossing with the lights controlling the pedestrians on the near side of the road, rather than on the opposite side, and with sensors to detect the presence of pedestrians. Wikipedia link: puffin crossing Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-puffin_crossing-en-noun-srVG7cBD Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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