1. a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores; [syn: cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
atomic number 48
n 1: a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent
metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
[syn: cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48]