noun
basketfish; Kentrocapros aculeatus
A species of boxfish found in the western Pacific. The name is usually written in katakana.
イトマキフグは、その名の通り糸巻きのような形をしている。
The basketfish, as its name suggests, is shaped like a spool.
The name イトマキフグ literally means 'thread-spool pufferfish', from 糸巻き (spool) and 河豚 (pufferfish), referring to its shape. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.