Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various pufferfishes that are used as food, especially in Japan, after the poisonous skin and organs have been removed.
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Blowfish : adelicacy popular inJapan servedraw assushi that may, if improperlyprepared , containdeadly levels ofneurotoxins .
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- noun a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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No such ban in Japan, where fugu is considered the ultimate delicacy.
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Also, I am not sure I would call the fugu non-catalytic domain “inhibitory”, as opposed to simply non-functional or not fully functional in mammalian cells.
3 recent reports use evolution to study mechanisms of antibody diversification - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The restaurant, "Kibunya," was unlicensed to prepare and serve puffer, a delicacy in Japan known as fugu, and owner Iwao Aizawa, was being questioned by police on the suspicion of professional negligence resulting in injuries.
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Just half an ounce of the fish liver, known as fugu kimo in Japan and eaten by daring connoisseurs, can be lethal.
NYT > Home Page By SEAN B. CARROLL 2009
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Seven diners in Japan were rushed to the hospital after eating blowfish testicles, also known as fugu sashimi.
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Ugt1 gene repertoire in other teleosts such as fugu, tetraodon, medaka, and stickleback, as well as in a wide variety of lower tetrapods.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010
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Ugt1 gene repertoire in other teleosts such as fugu, tetraodon, medaka, and stickleback, as well as in a wide variety of lower tetrapods.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010
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Fugoo (the name is a play on "fugu," a type of fish) isn't the first company with dreams of Net appliances.
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Fugoo (the name is a play on "fugu," a type of fish) isn't the first company with dreams of Net appliances.
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A Cook's Tour, Bourdain travels the world sampling local cuisines such as fugu, the poisonous blowfish delicacy prepared only by specially licensed Japanese chefs, or haggis, that Scottish dish made from various sheep parts and oatmeal, which he describes as "glorious ... peppery, hot and meaty."
The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Erin Todd 2009
bilby commented on the word fugu
"Blowfish testicles have left seven Japanese ill, one critically, renewing public fears over the dangerous delicacy.
The group ate raw meat and baked testes of blowfish - known in Japan as fugu - at an upscale restaurant on Monday in Tsuruoka, an old castle town 350 kilometres north of Tokyo.
They were treated at a hospital for numbness in the hands and legs and other symptoms. One of them was in a critical condition yesterday."
- AFP, 'Blowfish testicles poison seven in Japan', theage.com.au, 28 January 2009.
January 28, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word fugu
... Wow.
I knew about fugu being poisonous. I did not know people ate the ... um ... why?
January 28, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word fugu
A poisonous poisson.
October 17, 2009