What is "tetrodon turgidus"

Blower \Blow"er\, n.

1. One who, or that which, blows.

2. (Mech.) A device for producing a current of air; as:

   1. A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire.

   2. A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc.

3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.

4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.

5. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ( Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.

6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang]
   --Bartlett.