Echidnine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain snakes. uncountable
  2. 2
    A nitrogenous base contained in this fluid, believed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus. uncountable

    "Prince Lucien Bonaparte has shown that the poison of the Viper consists essentially of a principle to which he has given the name echidnine or viperine"

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"Prince Lucien Bonaparte has shown that the poison of the Viper consists essentially of a principle to which he has given the name echidnine or viperine"

Etymology

From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -ine.

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