Usually means: Japanese delicacy, potentially poisonous fish.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word fugu:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. fugu: Merriam-Webster
  2. fugu: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fugu: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fugu: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fugu: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fugu, fugu: Wordnik
  7. fugu: Wiktionary
  8. fugu: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. fugu: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. fugu: Dictionary.com
  11. Fugu (disambiguation), Fugu (software), Fugu: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. fugu: Rhymezone
  13. fugu: FreeDictionary.org
  14. fugu: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. fugu: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Sushi Glossary (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fugu: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fugu: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Fugu)

▸ noun:  Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.
▸ noun:  A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

Similar:
blowfish, pufferfish, torafugu, porcupinefish, bottlefish, tobiko, ciguatera, balloonfish, blow fish, dreamfish, more...

Opposite:
non-toxic, safe, harmless

Types:
torafugu, hebigatorafugu, hirafugu, tiger pufferfish, long-spined urchin, sea, more...

Phrases:
Fugu Plan, fugu poisoning, more...

Adjectives:
prepared, japanese, called, raw, particular

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Similar:
blowfish, pufferfish, torafugu, porcupinefish, bottlefish, tobiko, ciguatera, balloonfish, blow fish, dreamfish, more...

Opposite:
non-toxic, safe, harmless

Types:
torafugu, hebigatorafugu, hirafugu, tiger pufferfish, long-spined urchin, sea, more...

Phrases:
Fugu Plan, fugu poisoning, more...

Adjectives:
prepared, japanese, called, raw, particular



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