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ORGANOPHOSPHATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does organophosphate mean?
• ORGANOPHOSPHATE (noun)
The noun ORGANOPHOSPHATE has 1 sense:
1. an insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system
Familiarity information: ORGANOPHOSPHATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An insecticide that interferes with an insect's nervous system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("organophosphate" is a kind of...):
insect powder; insecticide (a chemical used to kill insects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organophosphate"):
chlorpyrifos (a common organophosphate insecticide)
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