PARATHION

parathion

(noun) a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide

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Etymology

Noun

parathion (countable and uncountable, plural parathions)

O,O-Diethyl-O-4-nitrophenylthiophosphate, a powerful, dangerously toxic insecticide.

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