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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
puffer \puff"er\, n.
1. one who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
1913 webster
2. one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --bouvier.
1913 webster
3. zool.
a any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of tetrodon and diodon of the family
tetraodontidae; -- called also blower,
puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. they are
highly poisonous due to the presence of glands
containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin.
nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in japan,
being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove
the poison glands.
b the common, or harbor, porpoise.
1913 webster
4. dyeing a kier.
1913 webster
see also:
tetrodon diodon tetraodontidae blower puff-fish swellfish
globefish tetrodotoxin
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
swellfish \swell"fish`\, n. zool.
any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish,
puffer, or diodon.
1913 webster
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bur fish \bur" fish`\ zool.
a spinose, plectognath fish of the allantic coast of the
united states esp. chilo mycterus geometricus having the
power of distending its body with water or air, so as to
resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon
fish, and swellfish.
1913 webster
see also:
chilo mycterus geometricus ball fish balloon fish swellfish
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