| puffer | 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. 3. <zoology> Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. The common, or harbor, porpoise. 4. A kier. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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