What is the meaning of puffer?

Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver.
- synonyms: blowfish, sea squab, 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.
- synonyms: pufferfish, blowfish, globefish

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