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noun

Puffer n.

One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.

One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.

(Zool.)

(a)

Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family Tetraodontidae; called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are highly poisonous due to the presence of glands containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin. Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan, being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove the poison glands.

(b)

The common, or harbor, porpoise.

(Dyeing) A kier.

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Words linked to "Puffer" : puff, blowfish, spiny puffer, family Tetraodontidae, pufferfish, plectognath, plectognath fish