Cacodyle definition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
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