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blow fish

blow fish is the alternative form of blowfish.

Meaning of blowfish

Noun

blowfish (plural blowfish or blowfishes)

  1. Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
    • Where the waves wish-wash, and the foghorn blows, And the blowfish nibble at your toes - oes - oes, The blowfish nibble at your toes.1945, Harold Wallace Ross, William Shawn, Tina Brown, The New Yorker - Volume 21, Issues 21-37, page 20
  2. A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
    • Fugu, the blowfish or globefish, offers taste, health and adventure in every bite.1981 November 29, Steve Lohr, “ONE MAN'S FUGU IS ANOTHER'S POISON”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2021

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Forms of blow fish

pluralblow fish
pluralblow fishes

Questions about blow fish

What is blow fish the alternative form of?
Blow fish is the alternative form of blowfish.

Words near blow fish in the dictionary

  1. blow dry
  2. blow dryer
  3. blow dryers
  4. blow drying
  5. blow drys
  6. blow fish
  7. blow flies
  8. blow fly
  9. blow football
  10. blow forward
  11. blow from a gun

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