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Parathion

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Noun

1. parathion

a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Parathion

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noun
a slightly water-soluble toxic oil, odourless and colourless when pure, used as an insecticide. Formula: C10H14NO5PS

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Parathion

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noun
a highly poisonous compound, C10H14O5NPS, commercially a colorless to dark-brown liquid, used as an agricultural insecticide

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Parathion

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n.
A poisonous yellowish liquid organophosphate compound, C10H14NO5PS, used as an insecticide. Its use in the United States is highly restricted.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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