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
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puffer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blowfish, globefish, pufferfish |
| Type of | plectognath, plectognath fish |
| Derivation | puff |
puffer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blowfish, pufferfish, sea squab |
| Type of | saltwater fish |
| Has types | fugu |
Examples of puffer
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The line between the puffer box and the pump contain two untapered T connectors.
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These poisons are mainly derived from puffer fish and other poisonous substances.
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Puffer fish have eight versions of these channels encoded by eight separate genes.
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This is my nephew, Sam, when he caught a puffer fish at Figure Eight Island.
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How about blue-ringed octopus, floral egg crab, basket shell snails and puffer fish.
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The fish is usually called a puffer, so the collision between the two isn't too bad.
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It goes with black leggings with a zipper at the ankle, or a puffer jacket.
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The agency stopped buying and deploying the puffer machines to airports in June 2006.
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Fritters were called pfannkuchen, krapfen, and puffer in Germany and plinz in Austria.
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- Blowfish: delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
- 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
- In a cellular automaton a puffer train, or simply puffer, is a finite pattern that moves itself across the "universe", leaving debris behind. Thus a pattern consisting of only a puffer will grow arbitrarily large over time. ...
- Someone or something that puffs; Any of several poisonous fish, of the family Tetraodontidae, which have the ability to puff themselves up when in danger; A car left idling to warm up, emitting steam from the rear; A finite pattern that moves like a spaceship but leaves a trail of debris; An ...
- (Puffers) Slang for people that love inflatables. See above.
- A common term for inhalers used to treat asthma.
- Someone who has just tried a few puffs of a cigarette, but has never smoked a whole cigarette.
- Another term for inhaler or metered dose inhaler.
- A bouncing creature that attacks by biting
