halocarbon

English Thesaurus

1. one of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	organic compound,
definition	:	any compound of carbon and another element or a radical (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	fluorocarbon,
definition	:	a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols (noun.substance)