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Puffer

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Noun

1. blowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab

delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver

2. blowfish, globefish, puffer, pufferfish

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Puffer

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that puffs
2. Also called: globefish
any marine plectognath fish of the family Tetraodontidae, having an elongated spiny body that can be inflated to form a globe

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Puffer

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that puffs
2.  US
either of two families (esp. Tetraodontidae, order Tetraodontiformes) of small, marine bony fishes capable of expanding their body by swallowing water or air

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Puffer

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n.
1. One that puffs: a puffer of cigars; used a puffer to apply insecticide.
2. See pufferfish.
3. A quilted, fitted jacket filled with down or other material for warmth.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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