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  • 91brevetoxin — breve·tox·in (brevґə tok″sin) any of a group of lipid soluble neurotoxins found in the protozoan species Karenia brevis; they cause red tides, brevetoxicosis in marine mammals and birds, and neurotoxic shellfish poisoning in humans …

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  • 93dinoflagellate — [dī΄nō flaj′ə lit, dī΄nə flaj′əlāt΄] n. [< ModL Dinoflagellata < Gr dinos, rotation (< IE base * deye , to swing, whirl > OIr dīan, swift) + ModL flagellum (see FLAGELLUM) + ata, L, neut. pl. of atus: see ATE1] any of a class… …

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  • 94saxitoxin — noun a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans • Hypernyms: ↑neurotoxin, ↑neurolysin …

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