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endrin

[ en-drin ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a highly toxic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , formerly used as an insecticide.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of endrin1

First recorded in 1950–55; en(do-) ( def ) + (diel)drin ( def )

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