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toxant (plural toxants)

  1. Synonym of toxicant (poisonous substance)
    • 1984, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Two Watershed Projects of the Soil Conservation Service (page 36)
      [A]cid rain and immobilization of aluminum and other toxants were significantly responsible for the decline of striped bass and 60 other species of fish.