adulticide

English edit

Etymology edit

adult +‎ -icide

Noun edit

adulticide (plural adulticides)

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

Derived terms edit

adulticidal

Translations edit

pesticide designed to kill adult insects

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

Verb edit

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

(transitive) To treat with adulticide.

Anagrams edit

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