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batrachotoxin

batrachotoxin noun: an extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.

Noun

batrachotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural batrachotoxins)

  1. (uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.
  2. (countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.

Forms of batrachotoxin

pluralbatrachotoxins

Origin of batrachotoxin

From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + toxin.

Words formed from batrachotoxin

Questions about batrachotoxin

What does batrachotoxin mean?
Batrachotoxin means an extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.
What part of speech is batrachotoxin?
Batrachotoxin is a noun.
What is the plural of batrachotoxin?
The plural of batrachotoxin is batrachotoxins.

Words near batrachotoxin in the dictionary

  1. batrachomyomachy
  2. batrachophagous
  3. batrachophobia
  4. batrachosauroidid
  5. batrachosauroidids
  6. batrachotoxin
  7. batrachotoxins
  8. batrachylid
  9. batrachylids
  10. batracian
  11. batracians

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