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Pufferfishes
Translation of "pufferfishes" into Russian
pufferfish
Nounpufferfishes
pl
pufferfish / pl
pufferfishes pl
A pufferfish can inflate its body when threatened.
Рыба-ёж может раздуваться при угрозе.
Some aquarists keep a pufferfish in their tanks.
Некоторые аквариумисты держат иглобрюха в своих аквариумах.
Additional translations
фугу
как деликатес, блюдо японской кухни
может относиться как к самой рыбе, так и к блюду
тетраодонт
научный термин Definitions
pufferfish
Noun
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.
pufferfish
Adjective
Of, relating to, or derived from a pufferfish.
Researchers studied the pufferfish toxin to develop a new painkiller.