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blowfish

American  
[bloh-fish] / ˈbloʊˌfɪʃ /

noun

  • blowfish,
    plural
  • blowfishes
    plural
  1. puffer.


blowfish British  
/ ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. a popular name for puffer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of blowfish

First recorded in 1890–95; blow 2 + fish

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Worried it would turn into another gentrified restaurant, he bought it and renamed the place after a longtime waiter who he said resembled a blowfish.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

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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