puffer fish
noun
1
: any of a family (Tetraodontidae) of chiefly tropical scaleless marine bony fishes which can distend themselves to a globular form and most of which are highly poisonous
called also blowfish, globefish, swellfish
compare fugu2
: any of various fish of the same order (Tetraodontiformes) as the puffer fish
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Souza told us about the early islanders’ sophisticated system of aquaculture and pointed out the eel, barracuda, and — excitement! — puffer fish that live in the ponds today.
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Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Lin Qi, a brash gaming entrepreneur, was hospitalized in December 2020 for mercury poisoning and a neurotoxin similar to the kind found in puffer fish.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Last weekend, Dominguez fit right in, dressed as a billowing psychedelic puffer fish that enveloped most of his face.
—Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
The Bartz sculptures, which started with a puffer fish in 2012, were inspired by a trip to Florida.
—Staff Report, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024
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Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Lin Qi, a brash gaming entrepreneur, was hospitalized in December 2020 for mercury poisoning and a neurotoxin similar to the kind found in puffer fish.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Last weekend, Dominguez fit right in, dressed as a billowing psychedelic puffer fish that enveloped most of his face.
—Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
The Bartz sculptures, which started with a puffer fish in 2012, were inspired by a trip to Florida.
—Staff Report, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2024
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“Puffer fish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puffer%20fish. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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