bōˈvistə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from German bofist, bovist puffball, alteration of Middle High German vohenvist, from vohe she-fox (from Old High German foha ) + vist, vīst emission of gas from the colon — more at fox , feist
: a genus of basidiomycetes (family Lycoperdaceae) including various puffballs having a thin peridium at maturity