endrin

American  

[en-drin] / ˈɛn drɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

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

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Etymology

Origin of endrin

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

Example Sentences

There were cockroaches in the house they moved into, and after a few days they used a spray containing endrin.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

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

Meantime, home gardeners face the growing problem of what to do with unwanted stocks of hard pesticides�not only DDT but also DDD, dieldrin, aldrin, endrin, chlordane, heptachlor and others.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Pennsylvania fish have been killed in numbers by endrin, used in orchards to combat mice.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson