pufferfish

(noun)

noun

1. delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver

Similar word(s): blowfish, puffer

Definition categories: food

2. 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

Similar word(s): blowfish, globefish, puffer

Definition categories: animal, plectognath