adulticide

English

Etymology

adult +‎ -icide

Noun

adulticide (plural adulticides)

A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.

Derived terms

adulticidal

Translations

pesticide designed to kill adult insects

French: adulticide (fr) m
Malay: adultisid
Portuguese: adulticida m

Verb

adulticide (third-person singular simple present adulticides, present participle adulticiding, simple past and past participle adulticided)

(transitive) To treat with adulticide.

Anagrams

dilucidate

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