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Word: pufferfish
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Noun:
- A delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) ''fugu''.
- Any species of fish of the family ''Tetraodontidae'' that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
Source: Wiktionary
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