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puffer |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puffer \Puff"er\, n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier. 3. (Zo["o]l.) a Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon}; -- called also {blower}, {puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: puffer n 1: delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver [syn: {blowfish}, {sea squab}] 2: any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers [syn: {blowfish}, {globefish}]
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