maitotoxin

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A highly potent toxin produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate species. countable,uncountable

词形变化

maitotoxins plural

词源

From maito + toxin; named from the ciguateric fish Ctenochaetus striatus, called maito in Tahiti, from which maitotoxin was first isolated (though it was later shown that maitotoxin is actually produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus).
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