CIGUATERA

Meaning of CIGUATERA in English

[ ˌsɪgwə'tɛ:rə ]

■ noun poisoning caused by eating tropical marine fish that carry a toxic dinoflagellate.

Origin

C19: from Amer. Sp., from cigua 'sea snail'.

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CIGUATERA — noun Etymology: American Spanish, from ciguato person ill with ~, perhaps from cigua sea snail Date: 1862 poisoning caused by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CIGUATERA — ˌsēgwəˈterə noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, probably from cigua sea snail, from Taino : poisoning caused by eating …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIGUATERA — /see'gweuh ter"euh, sig'weuh-/ , n. a tropical disease caused by ingesting a poison found in certain marine fishes. [ 1860-65; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIGUATERA — n. food poisoning in humans caused by eating seafood that is contaminated with ciguatoxin (its symptoms include tingling around the …
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CIGUATERA — noun Etymology: American Spanish, from ciguato person ill with ciguatera, perhaps from cigua sea snail Date: 1862 : poisoning caused …
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CIGUATERA — [ci.gua.tera] n [AmerSp, fr. ciguato person ill with ciguatera, perh. fr. cigua sea snail] (1862): poisoning caused by the ingestion …
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CIGUATERA — ciguatera BrE AmE ˌsɪɡ wə ˈteər ə ˌsiːɡ-, -ˈtɪər- AmE -ˈter- —American Spanish [ si ɣwa ˈte ɾa \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CIGUATERA — Poisoning from consumption of some tropical fish which have accumulated a toxin (poison) produced by their food (coral, algae). Provokes …
Fishery English Glossary
CIGUATERA — n. Pronunciation: ˌ s ē -gw ə - ' ter- ə , ˌ si- Function: noun Etymology: American Spanish, from …
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BARRACUDA — noun (plural -da or -das) Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1678 any of a genus ( Sphyraena of the family Sphyraenidae) …
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FISH POISONING — Illness from eating varieties of poisonous fishes. Most cases are caused by one of three toxins : ciguatera poisoning, from …
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CIGUATOXIN — ¦sēgwə¦täksə̇n, ¦sig- noun Etymology: cigua tera + toxin : a potent heat-stable lipid neurotoxin that is produced by a marine …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIGUATOXIN — n. strong neurotoxin which is found in the flesh of some marine fish and causes ciguatera poisoning
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BARRACUDA — noun ( plural -da or -das ) Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1678 1. : any of a genus ( Sphyraena …
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TOXIN — any substance poisonous to an organism. The term is sometimes restricted to poisons spontaneously produced by living organisms (biotoxins). Besides …
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SNAPPER — any of about 250 species of fishes of the family Lutjanidae (order Perciformes). Snappers are found, often in abundance, throughout …
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GROUPER — any of numerous species of fishes of the family Serranidae (order Perciformes), many belonging to the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca. …
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FISH POISONING — illness in humans resulting from the eating of varieties of poisonous fishes. Ciguatera poisoning is one of the most common …
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CARANGID — any fish of the family Carangidae (order Perciformes), which contains more than 200 species of marine fishes, including such well-known …
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BARRACUDA — any of about 20 species of predacious fishes of the family Sphyraenidae (order Perciformes). Barracudas are found in all warm …
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FISH POISONING — Illness from eating varieties of poisonous fishes. Most cases are caused by one of three toxins : ciguatera poisoning, from …
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