puffer
[ puhf-er ]
/ ˈpʌf ər /
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noun
a person or thing that puffs.
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.
a warm and lightweight jacket, coat, or vest with sections separated by quilted stitching and filled with down or synthetic fibers.
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puffer
/ (ˈpʌfə) /
noun
a person or thing that puffs
Also called: globefish any marine plectognath fish of the family Tetraodontidae, having an elongated spiny body that can be inflated to form a globe
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