Despite the resemblance in the name , the puffins are auks , and completely unrelated to the shearwaters in the genus Puffinus ; the genus name Puffinus is actually a New Latin loanword based on the English `` puffin '' .
Even though their name looks like puffin , the puffins are auks , and not related to the shearwaters in the genus Puffinus ; the genus name Puffinus is actually a New Latin loanword based on the English `` puffin '' .