fugu — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blowfish noun A fish that can inflate its body into a ball shape when threatened; also called a pufferfish.
- pufferfish noun Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
Senses
fugu is used for these senses in English:
- blowfish A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
- pufferfish (uncountable) The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu.
- torafugu Takifugu rubripes, a kind of pufferfish.
blowfish — full definition
- noun A fish that can inflate its body into a ball shape when threatened; also called a pufferfish.
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pufferfish — full definition
- noun Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
- noun The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu.