English Explanatory Dictionary

pectenotoxin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of cyclic polyether toxins, produced by dinoflagellates, associated with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning

Word forms

pectenotoxin pectenotoxins

Etymology

Clam genus Pecten + toxin

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