Usually means: Pesticide, banned for environmental harm.
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  3. toxaphene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. toxaphene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. Toxaphene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (toxaphene)

noun:  An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes, now considered a persistent organic pollutant.

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