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temefos

temefos noun: an organophosphate larvicide used especially to treat water infested with disease-carrying fleas. [O,O,O′,O′-tetramethyl O,O′-sulfanediylbis(1,4-phenylene) diphosphorothioate].

Noun

temefos (uncountable)

  1. An organophosphate larvicide used especially to treat water infested with disease-carrying fleas. [O,O,O′,O′-tetramethyl O,O′-sulfanediylbis(1,4-phenylene) diphosphorothioate].
    • Temefos is an organophosphorus insecticide used to control mosquito, midge, and black-fly larvae in lakes, ponds, and wetland habitats.

Forms of temefos

alternative formtemephos

Origin of temefos

Probably from th(io)e(ther) + me(tho)- + -fos (“phosphorous derivative”).

Questions about temefos

What does temefos mean?
Temefos means an organophosphate larvicide used especially to treat water infested with disease-carrying fleas. [O,O,O′,O′-tetramethyl O,O′-sulfanediylbis(1,4-phenylene) diphosphorothioate].
What part of speech is temefos?
Temefos is a noun.

Words near temefos in the dictionary

  1. Tembu
  2. Tembus
  3. teme
  4. Temecula
  5. TEMED
  6. temefos
  7. temelastine
  8. Temelec
  9. temene
  10. temenggong
  11. temenggongs

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