n.
Pronunciation: ˌ sak-s ə - ' täk-s ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: saxi- (fr. New Latin Saxidomus giganteus, species of butter clam from which it is isolated) + toxin
Date: 1962
: a potent nonprotein neurotoxin C 10 H 17 N 7 O 4 ·2HCl that originates especially in dinoflagellates (genus Gonyaulax ) found in red tides and that sometimes occurs in and renders toxic normally edible mollusks which feed on them