RED TIDE


Meaning of RED TIDE in English

[red tide] n (1904): seawater discolored by the presence of large numbers of dinoflagellates (esp. of the genera Gonyaulax and Gymnodinium) which produce a toxin poisonous esp. to many forms of marine vertebrate life and to humans who consume contaminated shellfish--compare saxitoxin

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