Takifugu

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese タキフグ, from 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu, “blowfish”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Takifugu m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tetraodontidae – certain pufferfishes, fugu.

See also

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