英和和英

語源

From globe +‎ fish.

名詞

globefish (plural globefishes or globefish)

1. Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
   • 1981 November 29, Steve Lohr, “ONE MAN'S FUGU IS ANOTHER'S POISON”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 8 March 2021:

     Fugu, the blowfish or globefish, offers taste, health and adventure in every bite.

   • 2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎, archived from the original on 1 January 2021:

     Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.