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| antipesticide |
combined form of pesticide. |
| arsenic |
a tasteless, odorless, extremely poisonous white compound of arsenic and oxygen, used as a pesticide; arsenous acid; arsenic trioxide. [1/2 definitions] |
| arsenical |
a compound containing arsenic that is used as a drug, herbicide, pesticide, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| DDT |
a powerful pesticide, insoluble in water, currently restricted in the United States because of adverse effects on the environment; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. |
| peregrine falcon |
a very swift falcon whose survival was seriously endangered by the pesticide DDT in the 195s and 1960s. |
| thallium |
a chemical element that has eighty-one protons in each nucleus and that can be isolated as a soft easily corroding toxic metal whose sulfate salt is sometimes used as a pesticide. (symbol: Tl) |
| verdigris |
copper acetate, used as a pesticide or a pigment. [1/2 definitions] |
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