ANIMAL TOXIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does animal toxin mean? 

• ANIMAL TOXIN (noun)
  The noun ANIMAL TOXIN has 1 sense:

1. a toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals

  Familiarity information: ANIMAL TOXIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANIMAL TOXIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

animal toxin; zootoxin

Hypernyms ("animal toxin" is a kind of...):

toxin (a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "animal toxin"):

venom (toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions))