pufferfish

English

Wikispecies

An inflated pufferfish.

Etymology

puffer +‎ fish

Noun

pufferfish (plural pufferfish or pufferfishes)

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.
A delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu.

Synonyms

(fish): balloonfish, blowfish, globefish, puffer, swellfish
(dish): fugu

Translations

blowfish — see blowfish

a delicacy popular in Japan

Chinese:
Mandarin: 河豚 (zh) (hétún)
Danish: kuglefisk
Dutch: kogelvis (nl) m
Finnish: pallokala, siilikala, fugu (fi)
German: Kugelfisch (de) m

Italian: pesce palla m
Japanese: フグ (ja) (fugu), 河豚 (ja) (fugu), 鰒 (ja) (fugu)
Maori: kōpūtōtara
Navajo: niicháadii
Russian: фу́гу (ru) n (fúgu)

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