blow·fish

(blō′fĭsh′)

n. pl. blowfish or blow·fish·es

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blowfish

(ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

(Animals) a popular name for puffer²

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puff•er

(ˈpʌf ər)

n.

1. a person or thing that puffs.

2. Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various spiny fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body: several species contain the potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin.

[1620–30]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	blowfish - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver puffer, pufferfish, sea squab globefish, puffer, pufferfish, blowfish - 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 saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food fugu - a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous tetrodotoxin - a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
	2.	blowfish - 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 globefish, puffer, pufferfish plectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines family Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontidae - puffers blowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver