| NOUN | food | sea squab, blowfish, puffer, pufferfish | delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver |
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| Meaning | delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver. | |
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| Synonyms | blowfish, puffer, pufferfish | |
| Part of | puffer, pufferfish, blowfish, globefish | Any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe |
| Narrower | fugu | A blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous |
| Broader | saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
| Substances | tetrodotoxin | A powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish |
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