'blowfish' definitions:
Definition of 'blowfish'
From: WordNet
noun
Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver [syn: blowfish, sea squab, puffer, pufferfish]
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 [syn: puffer, pufferfish, blowfish, globefish]
Definition of 'blowfish'
From: GCIDE
- blowfish \blow"fish\ n.
- 1. a fish eaten as a delicacy, especially in Japan. It is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison (tetrodotoxin) in its ovaries and liver. Chefs require special training to learn how to remove the poisonous parts, and in Japan they must be licensed.
- Note: In Japan it is called fugu. Deaths due to ingestion of the meat of this fish occur almost every year.
- Syn: sea squab, puffer, puffer fish. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. any of numerous marine fishes of the family Tetraodontidae whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain tetrodotoxin, a potent nerve poison; they are closely related to spiny puffers.
- Syn: puffer, globefish. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]