sea squab

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

   Synonymsblowfishpufferpufferfish

   Broadersaltwater fish

   Narrowerfugu

   Part ofpuffer

Questions about sea squab

What does sea squab mean?

sea squab means "delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver".

What is another word for sea squab?

Close synonyms include blowfish, puffer, pufferfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sea squab a common word?

sea squab is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.