snuffer

snuffer
    n 1: a cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing
         candles
    2: a person who snuffs out candles
    3: a person who uses snuff [syn: {snuffer}, {snuff user}]
    

Snuffer \Snuff"er\, n.
   1. One who snuffs.
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   2. (Zool.) The common porpoise.
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Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
   hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and
   {Fish}.]
   1. (Zool.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[ae]na},
      especially {Phoc[ae]na communis}, or {Phoc[ae]na
      phoc[ae]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American
      species ({Phoc[ae]na Americana}). The color is dusky or
      blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to
      the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also
      {harbor porpoise}, {herring hag}, {puffing pig}, and
      {snuffer}.
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   2. (Zool.) A true dolphin ({Delphinus}); -- often so called
      by sailors.
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   {Skunk porpoise}, or {Bay porpoise} (Zool.), a North American
      porpoise ({Lagenorhynchus acutus}), larger than the common
      species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the
      sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
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