Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various poisonous fish related to the puffers that are used as food, especially in Japan, after the poisonous skin and organs have been removed.
Wiktionary
- n. Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous
Etymologies
- Japanese. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“No such ban in Japan, where fugu is considered the ultimate delicacy.”
“Also, I am not sure I would call the fugu non-catalytic domain “inhibitory”, as opposed to simply non-functional or not fully functional in mammalian cells.”
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“Seven diners in Japan were rushed to the hospital after eating blowfish testicles, also known as fugu sashimi.”
“The restaurant, "Kibunya," was unlicensed to prepare and serve puffer, a delicacy in Japan known as fugu, and owner Iwao Aizawa, was being questioned by police on the suspicion of professional negligence resulting in injuries.”
“Just half an ounce of the fish liver, known as fugu kimo in Japan and eaten by daring connoisseurs, can be lethal.”
“Ugt1 gene repertoire in other teleosts such as fugu, tetraodon, medaka, and stickleback, as well as in a wide variety of lower tetrapods.”
“Fugoo (the name is a play on "fugu," a type of fish) isn't the first company with dreams of Net appliances.”
“A Cook's Tour, Bourdain travels the world sampling local cuisines such as fugu, the poisonous blowfish delicacy prepared only by specially licensed Japanese chefs, or haggis, that Scottish dish made from various sheep parts and oatmeal, which he describes as "glorious ... peppery, hot and meaty.”
“Bourdain travels the world sampling local cuisines such as fugu, the poisonous blowfish delicacy prepared only by specially licensed Japanese chefs, or haggis, that Scottish dish made from various sheep parts and oatmeal, which he describes as "glorious ... peppery, hot and meaty.”
“The blowfish sashimi, or "fugu", on the other hand, "is delicious and usually eaten in winter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fugu’.
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• De rerum natura
What is this list about?
Interesting words in nature and natural science (in any language!).
What kind of words am I supposed to add?
You can add species names that you lov...lagerstätte, parthenogenesis, bushbaby, lepidoptera, dinoflagellate, pupation, chrysalis, ephemeroptera, deinococcus radio..., homoplasy, sciophilous, syncytium and 218 more...
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
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Reduples
Go for it, brothers and sisters! I personally have been suffering long for lack of an open reduplicatives list
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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Food that Shall Not Be Named
Vilest food substances on the planet. Take it beyond simple likes and dislikes, people. We're talking food that's really gross (at least to a big cross-section of the world), or utterly bizarre.
casu marzu, pickled pig lips, head cheese, lutefisk, surströmming, hákarl, stinkhead, stinkflipper, haggis, muktuk, jellied pig's feet, tripe and 21 more...
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pagecrusher's Words
fugu, ilk, rigamarole, superfluous, dearth, sacrosanct, moniker, bifurcate, villainous, onus, brazen, odin and 268 more...
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Life is just a four-letter word
Everyone's got their favorites. Here are some of mine.
snit, hobo, minx, kiln, loll, pelf, yegg, ugly, bumf, brio, biro, haha and 92 more...
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The braggadocio recipe
A selection of English* words ending with a vowel (except "y", "ea", ie", "ee", "oo", "ea", "ou") that is REALLY pronounced.
My favorite English words, by the way.
The good twin of The ...braggadocio, recipe, encyclopedia, solo, gnu, flu, maybe, apocope, mini, arrhythmia, folio, stereo and 197 more...
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NihonGoose's Words
colander, doily, nacre, mandible, carapace, glutinous, penumbral, skein, mollify, colloquial, sanguine, chagrin and 118 more...
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RabidCow's Words
piledrive, schism, poignant, garrote, reflex, fortitude, constitution, dexterity, charisma, nemesis, machiavellian, poop and 128 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fugu.
hernesheir A poisonous poisson. Oct 16, 2009
chained_bear ... Wow.
I knew about fugu being poisonous. I did not know people ate the ... um ... why? Jan 28, 2009
bilby "Blowfish testicles have left seven Japanese ill, one critically, renewing public fears over the dangerous delicacy.
The group ate raw meat and baked testes of blowfish - known in Japan as fugu - at an upscale restaurant on Monday in Tsuruoka, an old castle town 350 kilometres north of Tokyo.
They were treated at a hospital for numbness in the hands and legs and other symptoms. One of them was in a critical condition yesterday."
- AFP, 'Blowfish testicles poison seven in Japan', theage.com.au, 28 January 2009. Jan 28, 2009