| 单词 | pufferfish |
| 释义 | pufferfish (once / 787955 pages) n WORD FAMILY pufferfish USAGE EXAMPLESMale pufferfish show off by fanning elaborate geometric mandalas in the sand and decorating them, according to their taste, with shells. The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) Related: Thus with a kiss I die: could pufferfish be the key to a Shakespearean poison? The Guardian(May 27, 2016) I’d also heard Osaka was the ideal place to try pufferfish — the sea creature with lethally poisonous organs. New York Times(Apr 29, 2016) 1n 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|Hyper blowfish, globefish, puffer plectognath, plectognath fish tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines 2n delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver Syn|Hypo|Hyper blowfish, puffer, sea squab fugu a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous saltwater fish flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
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