echidnine

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain snakes. uncountable
  2. A nitrogenous base contained in this fluid, believed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus. uncountable
    — Prince Lucien Bonaparte has shown that the poison of the Viper consists essentially of a principle to which he has given the name echidnine or viperine

词源

From Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “snake, viper”) + -ine.
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