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- German · derived fromTetrodotoxin
- English todaytetrodotoxin
From German Tetrodotoxin, corresponding to Tetrodon (tetr- + translingual -odon) + toxin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc. Full definition →
From German Tetrodotoxin, corresponding to Tetrodon (tetr- + translingual -odon) + toxin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.