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鲀 is the zoological term for pufferfish, blowfish, or globefish, marine creatures known for inflating their bodies and possessing highly toxic organs. Structurally, the character combines the semantic radical 鱼 on the left, indicating its classification as a fish, with the phonetic component 屯 on the right, which provides the pronunciation. The traditional form, 魨, uses the unsimplified fish radical 魚 paired with the same phonetic element. This character is used specifically within biological taxonomy and culinary contexts to refer to this particular toxic marine species.