n.
Pronunciation: ˌ s ē -gw ə - ' ter- ə , ˌ si-
Function: noun
Etymology: American Spanish, from ciguato person ill with ciguatera, perhaps from cigua sea snail
Date: 1862
: poisoning caused by the ingestion of various normally edible tropical fish in whose flesh a toxic substance (as one produced by some dinoflagellates) has accumulated