Puffer

Definition of Puffer

Puff´er

n.	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.	(Zool.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family Tetraodontidae; - called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are highly poisonous due to the presence of glands containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin. Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan, being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove the poison glands.
	4.	(Dyeing) A kier.

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