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fugu

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"Risky delicacy"

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈfuː.ɡuː/Part of speech nounSorted fguuStarts with FEnds with U1 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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