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puff⋅er

  [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.
Origin:
1620–30; puff + -er 1
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puff·er   (pŭf'ər)   
n.  Any of various prickly, often poisonous, chiefly marine fishes of the family Tetraodontidae that are capable of puffing up by swallowing water or air. Also called blowfish, swellfish.
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: 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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