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puffer 音标拼音: [p'ʌfɚ] n. 吹气的人,吹嘘的人,做凸出花纹的人 吹气的人,吹嘘的人,做凸出花纹的人 puffer n 1: delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver [ synonym: { blowfish}, { sea squab}, { puffer}, { pufferfish}] 2: 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 [ synonym: { puffer}, { pufferfish}, { blowfish}, { globefish}] Puffer \ Puff" er\, n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. [ 1913 Webster] 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by- bidder. -- Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) ( a) 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. ( b) The common, or harbor, porpoise. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Dyeing) A kier. [ 1913 Webster] PUFFER, commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders. 2. This is a fraud which at the choice of the purchaser invalidates the sale. 5 Madd. R. 37, 440; 3 Madd. R. 112; 12 Ves. 483; l Fonb. Eq. 227, n; 2 Kent, Com. 423; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 86; Cowp. 395; 3 Ves. jun. 628; 6 T. R. 642; 2 Bro. C. C. 326; 3 T. R. 93, 95; 1 P. A. Browne, Rep. 346; 2 Hayw. R. 328; Sugd. Vend. 16; 4 Harr. & McH. 282; 2 Dev. 126; 2 Const. Rep. 821;. 3 Marsh. 526.
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