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SAXITOXIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("saxitoxin" is a kind of...):
neurolysin; neurotoxin (any toxin that affects neural tissues)
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