endrin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of endrin
First recorded in 1950–55; en(do-) ( def. ) + (diel)drin ( def. )
Example Sentences
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At least one state health department has warned that careless use of endrin is endangering human lives.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017
In the decade of its use, endrin has killed enormous numbers of fish, has fatally poisoned cattle that have wandered into sprayed orchards, and has poisoned wells.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017
The third of the naphthalenes, endrin, is perhaps the most toxic of all the chlorinated hydrocarbons now in use.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017
No significant amount of endrin was found in the water where the fish died, reported Cincinnati's Dr. Donald Mount.
From Time Magazine Archive
This, in fact, is what is required for some chemicals such as heptachlor, endrin, and dieldrin on certain crops.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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