Animal Toxin (Noun)
Meaning
A toxin resembling bacterial toxins in its antigenic properties that is found in the fluids of certain animals.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The venom of the black mamba snake contains a potent animal toxin that can paralyze its victims.
- Tetrodotoxin is an extremely powerful animal toxin found in the ovaries and liver of the pufferfish.
- Researchers have been studying the effects of the animal toxin found in the poison dart frog's skin.
- The box jellyfish has one of the most deadly animal toxins known, capable of killing a human being in under five minutes.
- Certain species of scorpions have an animal toxin in their venom that can cause intense pain and paralysis.