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fugu

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fu·gu  (fg)
n.
Any of various poisonous fish related to the puffers that are used as food, especially in Japan, after the poisonous skin and organs have been removed.
[Japanese.]
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Noun1.fugu - a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous
blowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver


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This means that the fugu pufferfish you order at the sushi bar (a live baby version is in the aquarium's Tropical Pacific Gallery) can poison you if not prepared correctly, while the stingray you stepped on in Seal Beach bay (the aquarium has a nonstinging version you can pet) will inject its venom into you.
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