blowfish

[ bloh-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) blow·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) blow·fish·es.

1. puffer ( def 2 ).

blowfish

/ ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. a popular name for puffer

Word History and Origins

Origin of blowfish¹

First recorded in 1890–95; blow ² + fish

Example Sentences

One man picked up the blowfish and studied it.

From Seattle Times

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

There’s an intelligent simplicity to the early courses, like the grilled blowfish tails that sit in melted Espelette butter under a warm spoonful of red pepper-shallot relish.

From New York Times

The group tried fried local blowfish, yellow tomato gazpacho, lobster risotto, barbecue ribs, cherry peach pie and more.

From New York Times

Then East Sussex’s Bexhill Museum decided to get in on the act with this bloated “zombie blowfish”:

From The Guardian