puffer

[ puhf-er ]
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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.

  1. a warm and lightweight jacket, coat, or vest with sections separated by quilted stitching and filled with down or synthetic fibers.

Origin of puffer

1
First recorded in 1620–30; puff + -er1

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puffer

/ (ˈpʌfə) /


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

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