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maitotoxin

maitotoxin noun: a highly potent toxin produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate species.

Noun

maitotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural maitotoxins)

  1. A highly potent toxin produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate species.
    Synonyms:
    MTX

Synonyms of maitotoxin

Forms of maitotoxin

pluralmaitotoxins

Origin of maitotoxin

From maito + toxin; named from the ciguateric fish Ctenochaetus striatus, called maito in Tahiti, from which maitotoxin was first isolated (though it was later shown that maitotoxin is actually produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus).

Questions about maitotoxin

What does maitotoxin mean?
Maitotoxin means a highly potent toxin produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate species.
What part of speech is maitotoxin?
Maitotoxin is a noun.
What is the plural of maitotoxin?
The plural of maitotoxin is maitotoxins.

Words near maitotoxin in the dictionary

  1. Maitland
  2. Maitland Bar
  3. Maitland Vale
  4. maitlandite
  5. Maitlands
  6. maitotoxin
  7. maitotoxins
  8. maitre d'
  9. maitre d'hotel
  10. maitre d's
  11. maitres d'hotel

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