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Tetrodotoxin

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Noun

1. tetrodotoxin

a powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tetrodotoxin

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noun
a highly lethal neurotoxin found in certain puffer fish and in newts of the genus Taricha. Formula: C11H17N3O3

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Tetrodotoxin

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noun
an extremely poisonous neurotoxin, C11H17N3O8, found in the puffer fishes and a genus (Taricha) of newts, that blocks the conduction of nerve signals

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tetrodotoxin

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n.
A potent neurotoxin, C11H17N3O8, found in many pufferfishes and certain other animals, including some salamanders and crabs.

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