puffer

1. n. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. Source: opted

2. n. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. Source: opted

3. n. Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. Source: opted

4. n. The common, or harbor, porpoise. Source: opted

5. n. A kier. Source: opted

6. n. delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver Source: wordnet

7. n. 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 Source: wordnet

8. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. Bouvier. 3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. (b) The common, or harbor, porpoise. 4. (Dyeing) A kier. Source: webster

9. n:100 n. 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 Source: ecdict

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