chlordane

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A very toxic chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon once used as an insecticide.

Similar words

chlordan chlordene oxychlordane hexachlorocyclohexane dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane allyl chloride organochlorine dichlofenthion chloroethane chlorodifluoromethane

Often followed by

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Word family

chlordanes