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airpuff

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

Noun

airpuff (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

Forms of airpuff

pluralairpuffs

Origin of airpuff

From air + puff.

Questions about airpuff

What does airpuff mean?
Airpuff means a short, sharp puff of air designed to startle a small animal in a biological experiment.
What part of speech is airpuff?
Airpuff is a noun.
What is the plural of airpuff?
The plural of airpuff is airpuffs.

Words near airpuff in the dictionary

  1. airproofed
  2. airproofing
  3. airproofs
  4. airprox
  5. airproxes
  6. airpuff
  7. airpuffs
  8. airs
  9. airs and graces
  10. airs de cour
  11. airs off

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