pufferfishes

鲀科鱼类,受威胁时吞咽水或空气使身体膨胀成比正常大数倍的球体。

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.

这种鱼的肉,在日本常生食作寿司,若处理不当可能含有致命神经毒素。

The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu.