puffer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
noun 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

From puff + -er. The cellular automata definition is a clipping of puffer train.

"Yes, it was Tommy Puffer. — Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Puffer, J. Adams, The Boy and His Gang. — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry
Examples: puffers and moonfish.” “They’re an insult to a frying pan!” the Canadian exclaimed. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

blowfish, sea squab, pufferfish

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