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pufferfish
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Noun pufferfish has 2 senses
- pufferfish(n = noun.food) blowfish, puffer, sea squab - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver; Array is a part of blowfish, globefish, puffer, pufferfish
- pufferfish(n = noun.animal) blowfish, globefish, puffer - 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; Array is a kind of plectognath, plectognath fish
is a kind of saltwater fish
has particulars: fugu
is a member of family tetraodontidae, tetraodontidae
has parts: blowfish, puffer, pufferfish, sea squab
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