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fugu
(English) A dish prepared from the flesh of the Japanese puffer fish, Arothron tetraodon; the gonads are highly toxic and sometimes contaminate preparations of this meal with fatal results within 4-6 hours on ingestion. The flesh is bittersweet and a culinary favourite in Japan, prepared by specially licensed chefs. (See also: puffer poisoning, toxic, gonad)

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