TETRODOTOXIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A powerful neurotoxin found in the ovaries of pufferfish

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tetrodotoxin" is a kind of...):

neurolysin; neurotoxin (any toxin that affects neural tissues)

Holonyms ("tetrodotoxin" is a substance of...):

blowfish; puffer; pufferfish; sea squab (delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver)

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