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131inflate — verb (inflated; inflating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inflatus, past participle of inflare, from in + flare to blow more at blow Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to swell or distend with air or gas < inflate a tire > 2. to puff up …
132puffer fish — noun Date: 1927 1. any of a family (Tetraodontidae) of chiefly tropical scaleless marine bony fishes which can distend themselves to a globular form and most of which are highly poisonous called also blowfish, globefish, swellfish compare fugu 2 …
