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Definition of Pufferfish

1. Noun. Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver.

2. Noun. 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.

Definition of Pufferfish

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) ''fugu''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pufferfish

puffadder puffadders puffball puffbird puffbirds puffed puffed-rice puffed out puffed rice puffed up

puffed wheat puffer pufferbellies pufferbelly pufferfish (current term) pufferfishes pufferies puffers puffery puffet

puffeth puffets puffier puffiest puffily puffin puffiness puffinesses puffinet

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