blowfish
Americannoun
plural
blowfish,plural
blowfishesnoun
Etymology
Origin of blowfish
Example Sentences
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One man picked up the blowfish and studied it.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2022
Nowhere else had stools shaped like tiki gods, blowfish hanging from the ceiling or hula girl lamps, let alone a shrine of “Magnum P.I.” memorabilia.
From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2019
They come largely from 18th and 19th-century educational resources and depict everything from impossibly vibrant fruit and vegetables and flowers to a scene from a seance or a hyper-real blowfish.
From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2018
Hammerhead worms contain the same toxin as blowfish and can be harmful if eaten.
From National Geographic • Jul. 15, 2017
My classmates were as unastonished by their extravagant traits as a blowfish is by its quills.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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