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
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
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
More than 225 times as toxic as malathion, the Medfly poison, endrin is a chlorinated hydrocarbon, like DDT, but a good deal more lethal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only endrin and toxaphene represent a greater danger to fish.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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