saxitoxin
noun
saxitoxin is a noun meaning “A neurotoxin, produced by some dinoflagellates, associated with red tides, that can accumulate in molluscs and cause subsequent food poisoning in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-X-I-T-O-X-I-N, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of saxitoxin is saxitoxins.
What does saxitoxin mean?
noun
- 1
A neurotoxin, produced by some dinoflagellates, associated with red tides, that can accumulate in molluscs and cause subsequent food poisoning in humans
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of saxitoxin
- saxitoxins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is saxitoxin?
Saxitoxin appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does saxitoxin come from?
From Saxidomus giganteus (butter clam), from which it was first isolated + toxin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).