ciguatera
/ˌsɪgwəˈteərə/noun
mass noun
1- poisoning by neurotoxins as a result of eating the flesh of tropical marine fish that carries a toxic dinoflagellate鱼肉毒。
1.1
- This is caused by Gambierdiscus toxicus, division (or phylum) Dinophyta.由毒性甘比尔鞭毛虫引起, 甲藻门。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from American Spanish, from cigua 'sea snail'.