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insectotoxin

noun

Etymology

From insect + -o- + toxin modelled on neurotoxin, etc.

  1. derived from toxicum
  2. formed as insectotoxin — “insect + -o- + toxin”

Definitions

  1. A toxin that specifically affects insects.

    • It is, however, highly homologous to the scorpion insectotoxins derived from Buthus eupeus venom.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for insectotoxin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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