Akademik

pufferfish

noun

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

• Syn: ↑blowfish, ↑sea squab, ↑puffer

• Hypernyms: ↑saltwater fish

• Hyponyms: ↑fugu

• Part Holonyms: ↑puffer, ↑blowfish, ↑globefish

• Substance Meronyms: ↑tetrodotoxin

2. 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

• Syn: ↑puffer, ↑blowfish, ↑globefish

• Derivationally related forms: ↑puff (for: ↑puffer)

• Hypernyms: ↑plectognath, ↑plectognath fish

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tetraodontidae, ↑family Tetraodontidae

• Part Meronyms: ↑blowfish, ↑sea squab, ↑puffer

Useful english dictionary. 2012.