puffer

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpʌfə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(puf′ər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
puff•er  (puf′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that puffs.
  2. FishAlso 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.
  • puff + -er1 1620–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
puffer /ˈpʌfə/ n
  1. a person or thing that puffs
  2. Also called: globefish any marine plectognath fish of the family Tetraodontidae, having an elongated spiny body that can be inflated to form a globe
'puffer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blowfish - globefish - tetrodotoxin - fugu - plectognath - rabbitfish - toadfish - swellfish

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