释义 |
saxi·toxin \¦saksə̇ˌ\ noun Etymology: New Latin saxi- (from Saxidomus giganteus, species of butter clam from which it is isolated) + English toxin : a potent nonprotein neurotoxin C10H17N7O4·2HCl that originates especially in dinoflagellates of the genus Gonyaulax found in red tides and that sometimes occurs in and renders toxic normally edible mollusks which feed on them |