Meaning of echidnine | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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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