'Puffer' definitions:
Definition of 'puffer'
(from WordNet)
noun
Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver [syn: blowfish, sea squab, puffer, pufferfish]
noun
Any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers [syn: puffer, pufferfish, blowfish, globefish]
Definition of 'Puffer'
From: GCIDE
- 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]