blowfish

See also: Blowfish

English

An inflated blowfish.

Etymology

blow +‎ fish.

Noun

blowfish (plural blowfish or blowfishes)

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.
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.

Synonyms

(fish): balloonfish, globefish, puffer, pufferfish, swellfish
(food): fugu

Translations

any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe

Arabic: أَسْمَاك بَالُون‎ m (ʾasmāk bālūn)
Bulgarian: риба-таралеж f (riba-taralež)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 河豚 (zh) (hétún)
Danish: kuglefisk
Dhivehi: ކޮލި އާއިލާ‎ (koli āilā)
Dutch: kogelvis (nl) m
Finnish: pallokala (fi), siilikala
French: poisson ballon m, poisson globe m
Georgian: ბურთით თევზი (burtit tevzi)
German: Kugelfisch (de) m
Hungarian: gömbhal (hu)
Icelandic: ígulfiskur m
Irish: iasc balún
Italian: pesce palla m
Japanese: フグ (ja) (fugu), 河豚 (ja) (ふぐ, fugu), 鰒 (ja) (ふぐ, fugu)
Korean: 복어 (bogeo)
Lü: ᦔᦱᦗᦸᧂᦟᦳᧄ (ṗaapoanglum)
Malay: buntal, ikan buntal
Indonesian: buntal (id)
Maori: kōpūtōtara
Navajo: niicháadii
Palauan: telebudel
Polish: ryba rozdymkowata f
Portuguese: baiacu m, peixe-balão m, fugu m
Russian: иглобрю́хая ры́ба f (iglobrjúxaja rýba), ры́ба-соба́ка (ru) f (rýba-sobáka)
Spanish: pez globo m
Swedish: blåsfisk c
Tagalog: pumutok isda
Thai: ปักเป้า (th) (bpàk-gà-bpâo)
Turkish: balon balığı
Vietnamese: cá bóng

a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins

Chinese:
Mandarin: 河豚 (zh) (hétún)
Finnish: fugu (fi), pallokala (fi), siilikala
Japanese: フグ (ja) (fugu), 河豚 (ja) (ふぐ, fugu)
Korean: 복어 (bogeo)
Portuguese: fugu m
Russian: фу́гу (ru) n (fúgu)

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Translations to be checked

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} pez globo m

Anagrams

fish bowl, fishbowl