captan

English

Noun

captan (uncountable)

1. A particular phthalimide fungicide.
   • 1961, New Zealand Wheat Review (issues 8-15, page 38)

     Control can be achieved by dusting or slurry-treating the seed wheat with one of a number of fungicides that are available. Those recommended are all non-mercurials and include formulations based on captan, benquinox, and methyl arsenic sulphide.

2. ethyl mercaptan

Anagrams

• cat nap, cat-nap, catnap

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Manx

Noun

captan m (genitive singular captan, plural captanyn)

1. (military) captain, commodore
2. skipper

Derived terms

• aachaptan
• ard-chaptan
• captanys

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Spanish

Verb

captan

1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of captar.
2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present indicative form of captar.