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TETRODOTOXIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tetrodotoxin mean?
• TETRODOTOXIN (noun)
The noun TETRODOTOXIN has 1 sense:
1. a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
Familiarity information: TETRODOTOXIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("tetrodotoxin" is a kind of...):
neurolysin; neurotoxin (any toxin that affects neural tissues)
Holonyms ("tetrodotoxin" is a substance of...):
blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab (delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver)
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