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toxaphene

American  
[tok-suh-feen] / ˈtɒk səˌfin /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide.

toxaphene British  
/ ˈtɒksəˌfiːn /

noun

  1. an amber waxy solid with a pleasant pine odour, consisting of chlorinated terpenes, esp chlorinated camphene: used as an insecticide

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Etymology

Origin of toxaphene

First recorded in 1945–50; tox(o)- + (c)a(m)phene

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