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单词 toxaphene
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Definition of toxaphene in English:

toxaphene

noun ˈtɒksəfiːnˈtäksəˌfēn
mass noun
  • A synthetic amber waxy solid with an odour of chlorine and camphor, used as an insecticide. It is a chlorinated terpene.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Organochlorine contaminants, including toxaphene, chlordane and metabolites, HCHs, HCB, dieldrin, and PCBs, were found in the opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta, from the great lakes.
    • The Tulane team studied such pesticides and industrial chemicals as endosulfan, toxaphene and chlordane.
    • The salmon also contains dioxins, toxaphene and dieldrin.
    • Those include DDT, dieldrin, toxaphene, heptachlor, and alpha-chlordane.
    • It would appear that farmed salmon contains many times the tolerable levels of toxins such as PCBs, dioxins, toxaphene, dieldrin and DDT.

Origin

1940s: from toxin + (cam)phene, a related terpene.

 
 

Definition of toxaphene in US English:

toxaphene

nounˈtäksəˌfēn
  • A synthetic amber waxy solid with an odor of chlorine and camphor, used as an insecticide. It is a chlorinated terpene.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Organochlorine contaminants, including toxaphene, chlordane and metabolites, HCHs, HCB, dieldrin, and PCBs, were found in the opossum shrimp, Mysis relicta, from the great lakes.
    • Those include DDT, dieldrin, toxaphene, heptachlor, and alpha-chlordane.
    • The salmon also contains dioxins, toxaphene and dieldrin.
    • The Tulane team studied such pesticides and industrial chemicals as endosulfan, toxaphene and chlordane.
    • It would appear that farmed salmon contains many times the tolerable levels of toxins such as PCBs, dioxins, toxaphene, dieldrin and DDT.

Origin

1940s: from toxin + ( cam)phene, a related terpene.

 
 
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