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    BLOWFISH

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    Irregular inflected form: blowfishes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 puffersplay

    Synonyms:

    blowfish; globefish; puffer; pufferfish

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("blowfish" is a kind of...):

    plectognath; plectognath fish (tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines)

    Meronyms (parts of "blowfish"):

    blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab (delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver)

    Holonyms ("blowfish" is a member of...):

    family Tetraodontidae; Tetraodontidae (puffers)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liverplay

    Synonyms:

    blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("blowfish" is a kind of...):

    saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

    Meronyms (substance of "blowfish"):

    tetrodotoxin (a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blowfish"):

    fugu (a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous)

    Holonyms ("blowfish" is a part of...):

    blowfish; globefish; puffer; pufferfish (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)

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