Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun puffer

2 senses of puffer

Sense 1
blowfish, sea squab, puffer, pufferfish -- (delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver)
       => saltwater fish -- (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Sense 2
puffer, pufferfish, 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)
       => plectognath, plectognath fish -- (tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines)