blowfish
noun
blow·fish
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Definition of blowfish
Examples of blowfish in a Sentence
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Umad is a piscine creature who can bounce his bullets off walls and expand like a blowfish to deflect fire. — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, "Preview: ‘Hot Shot Burn’ a twin stick shooter with a competitive edge," 31 July 2019 Puffer fish, or blowfish, won their names from their ability to inflate themselves when disturbed. — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, "Boston Children’s researchers look to puffer fish as source of possible replacement for opioids," 12 June 2019 Tunnel through the swarm and razzle-dazzle, the urgent flashing cries for everything from Asahi to fugu (blowfish) joints, and make your way to the comparatively sedate red-on-yellow façade of Creo-ru. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "Loud, Crowded, Grease-Stained, and Gloriously Drunk: Where the World Eats After Hours," 8 Oct. 2018 Tiger blowfish is supposed to be the most delicious kind of fugu. — New York Times, "Japanese Seafood Without the Painful Price Tag, at Wokuni," 22 May 2018 The parent company runs a farm that raises tiger blowfish, and about 50 restaurants in Japan that serve it. — New York Times, "Japanese Seafood Without the Painful Price Tag, at Wokuni," 22 May 2018 The headliner is the raw blowfish, sliced thin and fanned out on a plate like a hundred translucent flower petals. — Andrew Keh, New York Times, "An Olympic Challenge: Eat All the Korean Food That Visitors Won’t," 21 Feb. 2018 Aisle after aisle of crabs stacked atop each other like totem poles, tables with fish sprawled across every inch, cutting boards where women with machetes skin poisonous blowfish and slice out the meat. — Mitch Goldich, SI.com, "Squid Ink Ice Cream! Jeju Black Pig! One Gluttonous Day Exploring Local Cuisine Outside PyeongChang," 15 Feb. 2018 Swatch even put out a timepiece with Ms. Lepore’s face and blowfish red lips emblazoned across the dial. — Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, "Amanda Lepore, Transgender Club Diva, Tells All About Her Plastic Surgery," 19 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blowfish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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