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ichthyohemotoxin

ichthyohemotoxin noun: any poisonous substance found in the blood of fishes.

Noun

ichthyohemotoxin (plural ichthyohemotoxins)

  1. Any poisonous substance found in the blood of fishes.
    • The 1904 article by Gley on the toxic action of the serum of the torpedo Torpedo marmorata was noteworthy in that the author reported ichthyohemotoxins were not limited to eels, but were widely distributed in fishes.1965, Bruce W. Halstead, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World: Vertebrates
    • Poisonings with ichthyohemotoxins are very rare because eel blood is perorally toxic only in large quantities.1995, Jiří Davídek, Natural Toxic Compounds of Foods

Forms of ichthyohemotoxin

pluralichthyohemotoxins
alternative formichthyohaemotoxin

Origin of ichthyohemotoxin

From ichthyo- + hemo- + toxin.

Questions about ichthyohemotoxin

What does ichthyohemotoxin mean?
Ichthyohemotoxin means any poisonous substance found in the blood of fishes.
What part of speech is ichthyohemotoxin?
Ichthyohemotoxin is a noun.
What is the plural of ichthyohemotoxin?
The plural of ichthyohemotoxin is ichthyohemotoxins.

Words near ichthyohemotoxin in the dictionary

  1. ichthyographies
  2. ichthyographs
  3. ichthyography
  4. ichthyohaemotoxin
  5. ichthyohaemotoxins
  6. ichthyohemotoxin
  7. ichthyohemotoxins
  8. ichthyoid
  9. ichthyoidal
  10. ichthyoids
  11. ichthyol

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