echidnine
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain snakes.
2
A nitrogenous base contained in this fluid, believed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.
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
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