OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7074

toxin

/ˈtɒksɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
toxina
A toxic substance, specifically a poison produced by the biological processes of organisms.
The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known…
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