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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Tetraodontidae — the family of pufferfish.

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Examples

  • Pufferfish, fugu (Fugu); blowfish (Sphoeroides, Tetraodon)

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Pufferfish, fugu (Fugu); blowfish (Sphoeroides, Tetraodon)

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • In 1706, while searching for a new mission site in Baja California, four Spanish soldiers came upon a campfire where indigenous fishermen had left a roasted piece of the liver of a botete Sphoeroides lobatus.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

  • A Korean miner and his son ate the ovaries of a species of Sphoeroides and within an hour were taken to the hospital.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

  • In the mid-1950s an elderly tourist in south Florida ate the liver of Sphoeroides testudineus.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

  • Marcel had recognized two varieties of fish—the fou-fou, which was Diodon hystrix, and the crapaud de mer, or sea toad, which was Sphoeroides testudineus.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

  • Members of the genus Sphoeroides are closely related to the Japanese fugu fish, and are known to be particularly virulent.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

  • The species used in the zombi preparations show a similar pattern—Sphoeroides testudineus, the sea toad, is most toxic in June, precisely the time when Herard said the poison was strongest.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

  • Marcel added two species of puffers to his poison—Diodon hystrix and Sphoeroides testudineus—both known to contain tetrodotoxin.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

  • Other ingredients included another bouga toad and not one but four species of puffer fish Sphoeroides testudineus, S. spengleri, Diodon hystrix, D. holacanthus.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

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