airpuff

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noun

A short, sharp puff of air designed to startle a small animal in a biological experiment.

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Meanings

nounairpuff (plural airpuffs)

plural airpuffs

  1. A short, sharp puff of air designed to startle a small animal in a biological experiment.

    No airpuff punishment or active removal of residual water from the lickport was used.

    2015, Samuel Andrew Hires et al., “Low-noise encoding of active touch by layer 4 in the somatosensory cortex”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI

Origin

From air + puff.

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APA

airpuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airpuff

MLA

“airpuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airpuff. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airpuff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airpuff.

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