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cro⋅tox⋅in

  [kroh-tok-sin]
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–noun
a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.
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cro·tox·in   (krō'tŏk'sĭn)   
n.  A crystalline neurotoxin found in the venom of the rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.

[New Latin Crotalus, rattlesnake genus (from Latin crotalum, kind of rattle or castanet, from Greek krotalon, clapper, from krotein, to strike, beat) + toxin.]
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