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Fugu

//ˈfuː.ɡuː// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

    "Owing to soil erosion, some farmland has become totally barren. In Chenjiagedu Village, Fugu county, Shanxi^([sic – meaning Shaanxi]) Province, since all farmland was lost, the local people were obliged to travel several kilometers for fertile soil."

Noun
  1. 1
    Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins. uncountable

    "Twenty minutes later, the chef has successfully prepared a whole fugu—or puffer fish—a Japanese delicacy whose capacity to maim and kill is dividing the country’s culinary world."

  2. 2
    a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu, “blowfish”).

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 府谷 (Fǔgǔ).

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