Zyklon
[ˈzʌɪklɒn]
- n. ジクロン、シアン化水素酸燻蒸剤 [苗木や穀物の害虫に対して、毒性が強い].
英語の語源
- Zyklon (n.)
- type of fumigant used to kill rats in enclosed spaces, such as holds of ships, boxcars, etc., 1926, from German Zyklon, commercial name of a type of hydrogen cyanide, said to be of unknown etymology, but it is the usual German form of the word cyclone. There were at least three varieties, A, B, and C, Zyklon-B being the one notoriously used in the Nazi death camps.