Hypertext Webster Gateway: "puffer"
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) 1.7 (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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