SEA SQUAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea squab mean? 

• SEA SQUAB (noun)
  The noun SEA SQUAB has 1 sense:

1. delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver

  Familiarity information: SEA SQUAB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA SQUAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab

Hypernyms ("sea squab" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Meronyms (substance of "sea squab"):

tetrodotoxin (a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea squab"):

fugu (a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous)

Holonyms ("sea squab" is a part of...):

blowfish; globefish; puffer; pufferfish (any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers)