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fenitrothion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fen-i-troth-ion
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organophosphate insecticide, dimethoxy-(3-methyl-4-nitrophenoxy)-thioxophosphorane.

Uncountable

Etymology

From phen(oxy) + (n)itro- + -thion.

Usage

Questions

What does fenitrothion mean?
An organophosphate insecticide, dimethoxy-(3-methyl-4-nitrophenoxy)-thioxophosphorane.
Where does fenitrothion come from?
From phen(oxy) + (n)itro- + -thion.

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