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Blowfish   Listen
noun
blowfish  n.  
1.
A fish eaten as a delicacy, especially in Japan. It is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison (tetrodotoxin) in its ovaries and liver. Chefs require special training to learn how to remove the poisonous parts, and in Japan they must be licensed. Note: In Japan it is called fugu. Deaths due to ingestion of the meat of this fish occur almost every year.
Synonyms: sea squab, puffer, puffer fish.
2.
Any of numerous marine fishes of the family Tetraodontidae whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain tetrodotoxin, a potent nerve poison; they are closely related to spiny puffers.
Synonyms: puffer, globefish.






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