dicofol

[ dahy-koh-fawl, -fol ]

noun
  1. a white crystalline solid, C14H9Cl5O, derived from DDT and used to protect crops from mites.

Origin of dicofol

1
First recorded in 1940–45; a pharmaceutical coinage

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