Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichthyosarcotoxin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ichthyosar-co-tox-in
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any poisonous substance found in fish that is not limited to the roe or to the blood.

Example Sentences

"Ichthyosarcotoxin may also be found in the roe of fishes, but it is found in other Parts of the fish as well, whereas ichthyootoxin is limited to the roe."
"The toxin involved is called tetrodotoxin and was originally believed to be a true ichthyosarcotoxin produced by the fish itself."
"The other ichthyosarcotoxins that have been identified in ciguatoxic fish, scaritoxin and maitotoxin, lag behind ciguatoxin in physicochemical characterization."

Etymology

From ichthyo- + sarco- + toxin.

Inflected Forms

ichthyosarcotoxins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ichthyootoxin ichthyohemotoxin

Questions

What does ichthyosarcotoxin mean?: Any poisonous substance found in fish that is not limited to the roe or to the blood.
Where does ichthyosarcotoxin come from?: From ichthyo- + sarco- + toxin.

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