Noun puffer has 2 senses
  1. blowfish, sea squab, puffer - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
    --1 is a kind of saltwater fish
    --1 is a part of puffer, blowfish, globefish
    --1 has particulars: fugu
  2. puffer, blowfish, globefish - 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
    --2 is a kind of plectognath, plectognath fish
    --2 is a member of Tetraodontidae, family Tetraodontidae
    --2 has parts: blowfish, sea squab, puffer
    Derived form: verb puff7
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