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dicofol

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di·co·fol  (d-kfôl, -fl, -fl)
n.
A pesticide, C14H9Cl5O, containing a small percentage of DDT and used primarily to control mites on crops.
[di- + c(hl)o(ro)- + alteration of ph(enyl) + -ol.]


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