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Thesaurus: pufferfish

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

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