See Also: Tetrodon(medicine)
tetrodon(dictionary)

tetrodon (iou)



tetrodon noun. . L18.
[mod. Latin (former) genus name (see below), from Greek tetra- TETRA- + -ODON.]
A puffer fish, esp. one of the genus Tetraodon.
tetrodo'toxin noun a poisonous substance found esp. in the ovaries of certain puffer fishes (family Tetraodontidae) which affects the action of nerve cells E20.