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.
For some reason, nature decided that the puffer fish needed some serious protection and covering itâs body with spikes was simply not enough. Therefore, this animal is the worldâs second most poisonous vertebrate, including all the deadly snakes, reptiles and the duck-billed platypus (weâre not joking, the platypus is actually poisonous).