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Of or pertaining to toxicology. -- Tox`i*co*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons.

The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recignition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.

Toxiphobia. A. S. Taylor.

Same as Toxoglossa.

A poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.

An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.

rous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.

incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.

A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.

An altered form of a toxin, possessing little or no toxic power.

A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.

A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish.

n article of trade of little value; a trifle. They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl. Abr. Abbot.

This year. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.

Full of trifling play. [Obs.] Donne.

A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.

In a toying manner.

Sportive; trifling; wanton.