noun
delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
• Syn: ↑blowfish, ↑puffer, ↑pufferfish
• Hypernyms: ↑saltwater fish
• Hyponyms: ↑fugu
• Part Holonyms: ↑puffer, ↑pufferfish, ↑blowfish, ↑globefish
• Substance Meronyms: ↑tetrodotoxin
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noun : the tail of a puffer fish when served as food
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the blowfish: used esp. on menus as a euphemism.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.