'cacodyle' definitions:
Definition of 'cacodyle'
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- 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]