Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scyllatoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scyl-la-tox-in
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oligopeptide neurotoxin from the venom of a scorpion of the genus Leiurus.

Uncountable

Etymology

Blend of Scylla + toxin; along with charybdotoxin in the same scorpion's venom, it references the monsters Scylla and Charybdis of Ancient Greek mythology.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does scyllatoxin mean?: An oligopeptide neurotoxin from the venom of a scorpion of the genus Leiurus.
Where does scyllatoxin come from?: Blend of Scylla + toxin; along with charybdotoxin in the same scorpion's venom, it references the monsters Scylla and Charybdis of Ancient Greek mythology.

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