blowfish
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1. any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | plectognath, plectognath fish, |
| definition | : | tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines (noun.animal) |
2. delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | saltwater fish, |
| definition | : | flesh of fish from the sea used as food (noun.food) |
| hyponym | : | fugu, |
| definition | : | a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous (noun.food) |
| part meronym | : | blowfish, globefish, puffer, pufferfish, |
| definition | : | any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers (noun.animal) |
| substance holonym | : | tetrodotoxin, |
| definition | : | a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish (noun.substance) |
3. any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers (noun.animal)
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