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PUFFER
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Irregular inflected form: puffer
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
blowfish; globefish; puffer; pufferfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("puffer" is a kind of...):
plectognath; plectognath fish (tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines)
Meronyms (parts of "puffer"):
blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab (delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver)
Holonyms ("puffer" is a member of...):
family Tetraodontidae; Tetraodontidae (puffers)
Derivation:
puff (to swell or cause to enlarge)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
Synonyms:
blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("puffer" is a kind of...):
saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)
Meronyms (substance of "puffer"):
tetrodotoxin (a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "puffer"):
fugu (a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous)
Holonyms ("puffer" is a part of...):
blowfish; globefish; puffer; pufferfish (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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