Puffer
51puffer — n. (Ich.) Globe fish …
52puffer — puff·er …
53puffer — puff•er [[t]ˈpʌf ər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that puffs 2) ich Also called blowfish globefish any of various spiny fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body: several species contain the potent nerve poison… …
54puffer — puf|fer (el. buffer) sb., en, e, ne (støddæmper for enden af en togvogn) …
55Puffer — Pụf|fer (federnde, Druck und Aufprall abfangende Vorrichtung [an Eisenbahnwagen u. a.]; kurz für Kartoffelpuffer) …
56Puffer — 1. in der Netzplantechnik die Zeitspanne, um welche die Lage eines Ereignisses oder Vorgangs verändert werden kann. Dabei umfasst z. B. die gesamte Pufferzeit den Zeitraum zwischen frühester und spätester Lage des Ereignisses. 2. bei einer… …
57puffer — A person employed by the owner of property which is sold at auction to attend the sale and run up the price by making spurious bids. See also puffing …
58puffer — One who exaggerates, especially in respect of the quality of goods offered for sale by him. A fictitious bidder at an auction, engaged as such by the person conducting the sale. 7 Am J2d Auct § 26. See puffing …
59puffer poison — combined with extracts of the plant Datura, used to produce zombies in the Caribbean …
60puffer poisoning — tetrodotoxication, q.v., poisoning caused by eating tetrodotoxic fishes …
