blowfish

2 definitions found

blowfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

blowfish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  blowfish
      n 1: delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve
           poison in ovaries and liver [syn: blowfish, sea squab,
           puffer, pufferfish]
      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, pufferfish, blowfish,
         globefish]