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blowfish

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Noun

  1. Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
  2. A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.

Proper noun

  1. A symmetric block cipher encryption algorithm used in modern cryptographic software, designed by Bruce Schneier in 1993.

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