different between pufferfish vs tetrodotoxin

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Wikispecies

Etymology

puffer +? fish

Noun

pufferfish (plural pufferfish or pufferfishes)

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; puffer, blowfish, swellfish, balloonfish, globefish.
2. A delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu.

Synonyms

• (fish): balloonfish, blowfish, globefish, puffer, swellfish
• (dish): fugu

Translations

English

Etymology

From German Tetrodotoxin, corresponding to Tetrodon (tetra- +? -ode) + toxin.

Noun

tetrodotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural tetrodotoxins)

1. (neurotoxicology) A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc.
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 118:

     Both creatures belong to a large pan-tropical order of fish, many of which have tetrodotoxin in their skin, liver, ovaries, and intestines.

   • 2017, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 9 August:

     The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.

Synonyms

• TTX (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• TTX (abbreviation)

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