limacide

English

Noun

limacide (plural limacides)

1. (rare, Europe) Any substance intended to kill gastropod molluscs (of the family Limacidae).
   • 2008 October 27, Stanislav Trdan, “Yield of early white cabbage grown under mulch and non-mulch conditions with low populations of onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman)”, in International Journal of Pest Management:

     However, during 2004, the limacide Carakol (ai methaldehyde, 5%) was applied at the rate of 1 g/m 2 to a hedgerow along one side of the field plots, to prevent the cabbage plants being damaged by snails […]

   • 2014, M Jovana, “Effects of three pesticides on the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny 1826) under laboratory conditions: Assessment of mortality, biomass and growth inhibition”, in European Journal of Soil Biology, volume 62, page 127:

     On the other hand, metaldehyde limacide Gardena was found ecologically safe because the LC₅₀ value was higher than its RAD and weight was not significantly changed.

Synonyms

• molluscicide

Translations

substance

• French: limacide

Anagrams

• malicide