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methoxychlor

methoxychlor noun: a synthetic organochlorine used as an insecticide.

Noun

methoxychlor (usually uncountable, plural methoxychlors)

  1. (usually) A synthetic organochlorine used as an insecticide.

Forms of methoxychlor

pluralmethoxychlors

Questions about methoxychlor

What does methoxychlor mean?
Methoxychlor means a synthetic organochlorine used as an insecticide.
What part of speech is methoxychlor?
Methoxychlor is a noun.
What is the plural of methoxychlor?
The plural of methoxychlor is methoxychlors.

Words near methoxychlor in the dictionary

  1. methoxycarbonylation
  2. methoxycarbonylations
  3. methoxycarbonyls
  4. methoxychalcone
  5. methoxychalcones
  6. methoxychlor
  7. methoxycinnamate
  8. methoxycinnamates
  9. methoxycyclohexene
  10. methoxycyclohexenes
  11. methoxycyclopentene

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