3 harsh and threatening in manner or appearance the fierce faces of the players on the opposing hockey team Synonyms austere, dour, grim, flinty, forbidding, gruff, intimidating, lowering (also louring), rough, rugged, severe, stark, steely, stern, ungentleRelated Words bleak, cold, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, unfriendly, unsympathetic; adamant ...
Puffer fish from all other sources potentially contain deadly toxins and therefore are not considered safe. The liver, gonads (ovaries and testes), intestines, and skin of some puffer fish contain the toxins tetrodotoxin and/or saxitoxin.
Puffins are one of the most distinctive sea birds in coastal Alaska. Both varieties found in Alaska â the tufted puffin and the horned puffin â feature bright-orange beaks and webbed feet with black-and-white coloring. Early sailors called them âsea parrotsâ because of this color scheme.