Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cacodyl"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cacodyl \Cac"o*dyl\, n. [Gr. ??????? ill-smelling (????? bad +
????? to smell) + -yl.] (Chem.)
Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid,
{As2(CH3)4}, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an
intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of
compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called
hydrazines. [Written also {cacodyle}, and {kakodyl}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cacodyl
n 1: a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2
cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry
air [syn: {tetramethyldiarsine}]
2: the univalent group derived from arsine [syn: {cacodyl group},
{cacodyl radical}, {arsenic group}]
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