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endrin
[ en-drin ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- 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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