n. An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.
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n. potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon
Word Usage
"Considered a pest, it is being poisoned over large expanses of its range across the Tibetan plateau using grain laced with botulin poison? at a cost of US$925m since 2006."