FUGU

Meaning of FUGU in English

/fooh"gooh/ , n.

any of several species of puffer fish eaten as a delicacy, esp. in Japan, after the removal of the skin and certain organs which contain a deadly poison.

[ 1905-10; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FUGU — noun Etymology: Japanese Date: 1909 any of various very poisonous puffer fishes (family Tetraodontidae) that contain tetrodotoxin and that are …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FUGU — ˈfü(ˌ)gü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Japanese : any of various globefishes that contain a heat-stable toxic principle resembling curare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FUGU — noun Etymology: Japanese Date: 1909 : any of various very poisonous puffer fishes (family Tetraodontidae) that contain tetrodotoxin and that …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FUGU — [ 'fu:gu: ] ■ noun a pufferfish that is eaten as a Japanese delicacy, after some highly poisonous parts have …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FUGU — [fu.gu] n [Jp] (1909): any of various very poisonous puffers (sense 2a) that contain tetrodotoxin and that are used as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FUGU — fugu BrE AmE ˈfuːɡ uː —Japanese [ ˈɸɯ ŋɯ, -ɡɯ ]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FUGU — Фугу
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FUGU — n. Pronunciation: ' f(y)ü-( ˌ )gü Function: noun Etymology: Japanese Date: 1909 : any of various very poisonous puffer fishes …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FUGU TOXIN — тетродотоксин (токсин, содержащийся в яичниках рыбы фугу, а также в гонадах некоторых животных)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PUFFER — or blowfish Any of about 90 species (family Tetraodontidae) of fishes that, when disturbed, inflate themselves into a globular shape …
Английский словарь Британика
FISH POISONING — Illness from eating varieties of poisonous fishes. Most cases are caused by one of three toxins : ciguatera poisoning, from …
Английский словарь Британика
PUFFER FISH — Date: 1927 1. : any of a family (Tetraodontidae) of chiefly tropical scaleless marine bony fishes which can distend themselves …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FUGUE — [fugue] n [prob. fr. It fuga flight, fugue, fr. L, flight, fr. fugere] (1597) 1 a: a musical composition in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUFFER — also called swellfish, or blowfish, any of about 90 species of fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, noted for their ability …
Britannica English vocabulary
PUFFER — n. or blowfish Any of about 90 species (family Tetraodontidae) of fishes that, when disturbed, inflate themselves into a globular …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FISH POISONING — Illness from eating varieties of poisonous fishes. Most cases are caused by one of three toxins : ciguatera poisoning, from …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ФУГУ — Fugu
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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