pufferfish

Noun
  1. Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver (synset 107797948)
    is a type of: saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
    subtypes: fugu - a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous
    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
    substance holonym: tetrodotoxin - a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
    same as: blowfish, puffer, sea squab
  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 (synset 102657650)
    is a type of: plectognath, plectognath fish - tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
    belongs to: family tetraodontidae, tetraodontidae - puffers
    has: blowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
    same as: blowfish, globefish, puffer

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