Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crystalline neurotoxin found in the venom of the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus subsp. terrificus.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Crotalus, rattlesnake genus (from Latin crotalum, kind of rattle or castanet, from Greek krotalon, clapper, from krotein, to strike, beat) + toxin.]
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