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pufferfish

Translations

pufferfishnoun

pufferfish

рыба-ёж

A pufferfish can inflate its body when threatened.

Рыба-ёж может раздуваться при угрозе.

иглобрюх

Some aquarists keep a pufferfish in their tanks.

Некоторые аквариумисты держат иглобрюха в своих аквариумах.

Additional translations

фугукак деликатес, блюдо японской кухни

рыба-фугуможет относиться как к самой рыбе, так и к блюду

тетраодонтнаучный термин

pufferfishadjective

Attributive use (relational adjective, non-comparable)

иглобрюховыйотносительный прилагательный, образованный от "иглобрюх"

Pufferfish toxin is extremely potent.

Иглобрюховый токсин чрезвычайно мощный.

Definitions

pufferfishnoun

Any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae that can inflate their bodies as a defense mechanism and often contain the potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin.

When threatened, a pufferfish rapidly swallows water to balloon into a spiny sphere.

The flesh of such a fish prepared as food, especially the Japanese delicacy fugu.

Only licensed chefs are allowed to serve raw pufferfish in Japan.

pufferfishadjective

Of, relating to, or derived from a pufferfish.

Researchers studied the pufferfish toxin to develop a new painkiller.