pectenotoxin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clam genus Pecten + toxin

Noun[edit]

pectenotoxin (plural pectenotoxins)

  1. (toxicology) Any of a class of cyclic polyether toxins, produced by dinoflagellates, associated with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning