ENDRIN

Meaning of ENDRIN in English

chlorine-containing organic compound used as an insecticide. See aldrin.

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ENDRIN — noun Etymology: end- + dieldrin Date: 1952 a toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 O that is …
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ENDRIN — ˈendrə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: blend of end- and dieldrin : an insecticide C 12 H 8 Cl 6 …
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ENDRIN — noun Etymology: end- + dield rin Date: 1952 : a toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 O …
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ENDRIN — [en.drin] n [end- + dieldrin] (1952): a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide that is a stereoisomer of dieldrin and resembles dieldrin in …
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ENDRIN — A pesticide toxic to freshwater and marine aquatic life that produces adverse health effects in domestic water supplies.
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ENDRIN — n. Pronunciation: ' en-dr ə n Function: noun Etymology: end- + dield rin Date: 1952 : a toxic chlorinated compound …
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ENDRIN (EN-DRIN) — A pesticide toxic to freshwater and marine aquatic life that produces adverse health effects in domestic water supplies.
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INSECTICIDE — any toxic substance that is used to kill insects. Such substances are used primarily to control pests that infest cultivated …
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ALDRIN — one of the several isomers (compounds with the same composition but different structures) of hexachlorohexahydrodimethanonaphthalene, a chlorinated hydrocarbon used as …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: ENVIRONMENT — Gardening The wet weather that plagued much of northwestern Europe during the fall and winter of 1998 continued through the …
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POISON — n. 25B6; noun a deadly poison : TOXIN, toxicant, venom; archaic bane. See lists. Marianne would spread her poison : …
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CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS — Hydrocarbons that contain chlorine. These include a class of persistent insecticides that accumulate in the aquatic food chain. Among them …
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