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toxaphene in American English
a commercial insecticide, approximately C10H10Cl8, made by chlorinating camphene: use is now restricted as it may be a carcinogen
noun: an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide

toxaphene in British English
noun: an amber waxy solid with a pleasant pine odour, consisting of chlorinated terpenes, esp chlorinated camphene: used as an insecticide

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