Toxaphene Definition

tŏksə-fēn
noun
A commercial insecticide, approximately C10H10Cl8, made by chlorinating camphene.
Webster's New World

An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes.

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Other Word Forms of Toxaphene

Noun

Singular:
toxaphene
Plural:
toxaphenes

Origin of Toxaphene

  • tox(i)– (c)a(m)phene

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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