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batrachotoxin Definition

bat·ra·cho·toxin (ba′trə kō täks′in; bə trak′ō-)

noun

a steroidal alkaloid, CHNO, found in the skin of certain Neotropical frogs (genus Phyllobates) and used on poison arrows: one of the most powerful natural neurotoxins known

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