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toxant

toxant noun: synonym of toxicant (“poisonous substance”).

Noun

toxant (plural toxants)

  1. Synonym of toxicant (“poisonous substance”).
    • [A]cid rain and immobilization of aluminum and other toxants were significantly responsible for the decline of striped bass and 60 other species of fish.1984, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Two Watershed Projects of the Soil Conservation Service (page 36)
    Synonyms:
    toxicant

Synonyms of toxant

Forms of toxant

pluraltoxants

Questions about toxant

What does toxant mean?
Toxant means synonym of toxicant (“poisonous substance”).
What part of speech is toxant?
Toxant is a noun.
What is the plural of toxant?
The plural of toxant is toxants.

Words near toxant in the dictionary

  1. toxaemic
  2. toxalbumic
  3. toxalbumin
  4. toxalbumins
  5. toxamin
  6. toxant
  7. toxants
  8. toxaphene
  9. toxaphenes
  10. toxarch
  11. toxarches

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