sodium fluoroacetate
[ floor-oh-as-i-teyt, flawr-oh-, flohr-oh- ]
nounChemistry.
a white, amorphous, water-soluble, poisonous powder, C2H2FO2Na, used as a rodenticide.
Origin of sodium fluoroacetate
1- Also called 1080, ten-eighty [ten-ey-tee] /ˈtɛnˈeɪ ti/ .
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British Dictionary definitions for sodium fluoroacetate
sodium fluoroacetate
/ (ˌflʊərəʊˈæsɪˌteɪt) /
noun
a white crystalline odourless poisonous compound, used as a rodenticide. Formula: (CH 2 FCOO)Na
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