[syn: cacodyl, cacodyl group, cacodyl radical, arsenic group]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cacodyl \Cac"o*dyl\, n. [Gr. ??????? ill-smelling (kako`s 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.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cacodyl
n 1: a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2
cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air
[syn: cacodyl, tetramethyldiarsine]
2: the univalent group derived from arsine [syn: cacodyl,
cacodyl group, cacodyl radical, arsenic group]