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blow⋅fish

[bloh-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
puffer (def. 2).

Origin:
1890–95; blow 2 + fish

puff⋅er

[puhf-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that puffs.
2. Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, the spines in the skin becoming erected: several species contain the potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin.

Origin:
1620–30; puff + -er 1
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blow·fish   (blō'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. blowfish or blow·fish·es
See puffer.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
puffer

  1. n.
    a cigar. : Can you imagine anyone smoking a puffer like that in a restaurant?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: blow·fish
Pronunciation: -"fish
Function: noun
: PUFFER

Main Entry: puff·er
Pronunciation: 'p&f-&r
Function: noun
: any of a family (Tetraodontidae) of chiefly tropical marine bony fishes which candistend themselves to a globular form and most of which are highly poisonous called also blowfish, globefish, pufferfish
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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