scyllatoxin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of Scylla + toxin; along with charybdotoxin in the same scorpion's venom, it references the monsters Scylla and Charybdis of Ancient Greek mythology.
Noun[edit]
scyllatoxin (uncountable)
- (toxicology) An oligopeptide neurotoxin from the venom of a scorpion of the genus Leiurus.