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gonyaulax

gonyaulax noun: an alga of the genus Gonyaulax.

gonyaulax: an alga of the genus Gonyaulax
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Noun

gonyaulax

  1. An alga of the genus Gonyaulax.
    • Recently, a gonyaulax toxin was purified from an axenic culture of the alga, Gonyaulax catanella, and this toxin has been shown to be chemically identical with saxitoxin (Schantz et al., 1966).1974, Harold Judson Humm, Bioactive compounds from the sea, page 116
    • Oval, strongly pigmented cells with a gonyaulax-like girdle displacement.2003, Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology, page 409

Origin of gonyaulax

Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) + αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”)

Questions about gonyaulax

What does gonyaulax mean?
Gonyaulax means an alga of the genus Gonyaulax.
What part of speech is gonyaulax?
Gonyaulax is a noun.

Words near gonyaulax in the dictionary

  1. Gonville Hall
  2. gony-
  3. gonyalgia
  4. gonyaulacacean
  5. gonyaulacaceans
  6. gonyaulax
  7. gonyautoxin
  8. gonyautoxins
  9. gonycampsis
  10. gonycrotesis
  11. gonydeal

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