puffer poison
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puffer poison — combined with extracts of the plant Datura, used to produce zombies in the Caribbean … Dictionary of ichthyology
Puffer — Puff er, n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by bidder. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo[ o]l.)… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puffer — /puf euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that puffs. 2. Also called blowfish, globefish. any of various fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, the spines in the skin becoming… … Universalium
puffer — puff•er [[t]ˈpʌf ər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that puffs 2) ich Also called blowfish globefish any of various spiny fishes of the family Tetraodontidae, capable of inflating the body: several species contain the potent nerve poison… … From formal English to slang
Grass puffer — Taxobox name = Grass puffer status = DD | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Tetraodontiformes familia = Tetraodontidae genus = Takifugu species = T. niphobles binomial = Takifugu niphobles … Wikipedia
fugamin — an obsolete synonym for tetrodotoxin (the poison found in tetrodotoxic fishes; also called spheroidine, fugu toxin, or puffer poison. The empirical molecular formula is approximately C11 H17 O8 YH20. It is among the most toxic substances known… … Dictionary of ichthyology
tetrodotoxin — the poison found in tetrodotoxic fishes; also called spheroidine, fugu toxin, or puffer poison (anhydrotetrodotoxin 4 epitetrodotoxin or tetrodonic acid). The empirical molecular formula is (C11 H17 N3 O8 HBr), a complex molecule. It is among the … Dictionary of ichthyology
tetrodonin — first applied to one of two toxic substances isolated from puffer poison; then applied to a fraction later shown to be an impurity. Proposed empirical formula C11 H11 N9 O2 … Dictionary of ichthyology
tetrodopentose — a term proposed to designate an impurity believed to be a pentose, separated from a puffer poison; later identified as a mixture of a mesoinositol and scillitol … Dictionary of ichthyology
tetronin — a term used to designate a nitrogenous base obtained from crude puffer poison. Thought to have the empirical formula C11 H11 N9 O2. Never clinically identified … Dictionary of ichthyology
