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TETRODOTOXIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tetrodotoxin" is a kind of...):
neurolysin; neurotoxin (any toxin that affects neural tissues)
Holonyms ("tetrodotoxin" is a substance of...):
blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab (delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver)
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