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ichthyotoxicity

ichthyotoxicity noun: toxicity to fish.

Noun

ichthyotoxicity (countable and uncountable, plural ichthyotoxicities)

  1. toxicity to fish
    • Outcomes of antibacterial and antipredatory screening tests. Results for the ichthyotoxicity tests indicate the number of fish (out of three) killed within the 1.5 h exposure period, and the time of first mortality.1985, Claus Nielsen, Gilbert Powell Larwood, Bryozoa: Ordovician to Recent
    • Ichthyotoxicity among respective pavoninins did not differ much, all being lethal to Japanese killifish at 5-10 ppm.1993, David H. Attaway, Marine Biotechnology Volume 1: Pharmaceutical and Bioactive Natural Products

Forms of ichthyotoxicity

pluralichthyotoxicities

Origin of ichthyotoxicity

From ichthyo- + toxicity.

Questions about ichthyotoxicity

What does ichthyotoxicity mean?
Ichthyotoxicity means toxicity to fish.
What part of speech is ichthyotoxicity?
Ichthyotoxicity is a noun.
What is the plural of ichthyotoxicity?
The plural of ichthyotoxicity is ichthyotoxicities.

Words near ichthyotoxicity in the dictionary

  1. ichthyotomists
  2. ichthyotomous
  3. ichthyotomy
  4. ichthyotoxic
  5. ichthyotoxicities
  6. ichthyotoxicity
  7. ichthyotoxicology
  8. ichthyotoxin
  9. ichthyotoxins
  10. ichthyotoxism
  11. ichthyovorous

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