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batrachotoxin

noun

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + toxin.

  1. derived from toxicum
  2. compounded as batrachotoxin — “βάτραχος + toxin”

Definitions

  1. An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.

  2. Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in…

    Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.

The neighborhood

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