[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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