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noun
An oligopeptide neurotoxin from the venom of a scorpion of the genus Leiurus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, toxicology
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History
Blend of Charybdis + toxin; along with scyllatoxin in the same scorpion's venom, it references the monsters Scylla and Charybdis of Ancient Greek mythology.
