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red tide
noun
Definition of RED TIDE
: seawater discolored by the presence of large numbers of dinoflagellates (especially of the genera Gonyaulax and Gymnodinium) which produce a toxin poisonous especially to many forms of marine vertebrate life and to humans who consume contaminated shellfish — compare saxitoxin
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First Known Use of RED TIDE
1904
Rhymes with RED TIDE
abide, allied, applied, aside, astride, backside, backslide, bankside, beachside, bedside, beside, bestride, betide, blear-eyed, blindside, blow-dried, blue-eyed, broadside, bromide, bug-eyed, Burnside, clear-eyed, cockeyed, cold-eyed, collide, confide, courtside, cowhide, cross-eyed, curbside, dayside, decide, deride, divide, dockside, doe-eyed, downside, downslide, dry-eyed, ebb tide, elide, field guide, fireside, flip side, flood tide, fluoride, foreside, four-eyed, free ride, freeze-dried, Girl Guide, glass-eyed, graveside, green-eyed, hagride, hang glide, hard-eyed, hawkeyed, hayride, high tide, hillside, horsehide, inside, in stride, ironside, joyride, kingside, lakeside, landslide, low tide, lynx-eyed, misguide, moon-eyed, neap tide, nearside, nightside, noontide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pie-eyed, poolside, pop-eyed, preside, prompt side, provide, quayside, queenside, rawhide, reside, ringside, riptide, roadside, seaside, self-pride, sharp-eyed, shipside, shoreside, Shrovetide, sloe-eyed, snowslide, springtide, squint-eyed, stateside, statewide, storewide, Strathclyde, streamside, strong side, subside, tailslide, tongue-tied, topside, trackside, trailside, untried, upside, vat-dyed, walleyed, war bride, waveguide, wayside, wide-eyed, wild-eyed, worldwide, yuletide
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red tide
noun
Medical Definition of RED TIDE
: seawater discolored by the presence of large numbers of dinoflagellates especially of the genera Gonyaulax and Gymnodinium which produce a toxin poisonous especially to many forms of marine vertebrate life and to humans who consume contaminated shellfish—see paralytic shellfish poisoning; compare saxitoxin
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