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go·ny·au·lax | \ ˌgō-nē-ˈȯ-ˌlaks 
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\Medical Definition of gonyaulax
1 capitalized : a large genus of phosphorescent marine dinoflagellates that when unusually abundant cause red tide
2 : any dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax
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