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abamectin

abamectin noun: a widely used insecticide, acaricide and anthelminthic.

Noun

abamectin (countable and uncountable, plural abamectins)

  1. A widely used insecticide, acaricide and anthelminthic.
    • Diagnostic doses of six acaricides (fenothiocarb, endosulfan, chlorfenapyr, tebufenpyrad, cyenopyrafen and cyflumetofen) resulted in a 68.0~71.8% mortality rate (on average) in the test mite populations, whereas the remaining six acaricides (monocrotophos, omethoate, bifenthrin, abamectin...2015 November 7, “Phenotypic- and Genotypic-Resistance Detection for Adaptive Resistance Management in Tetranychus urticae Koch”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of abamectin

pluralabamectins

Questions about abamectin

What does abamectin mean?
Abamectin means a widely used insecticide, acaricide and anthelminthic.
What part of speech is abamectin?
Abamectin is a noun.
What is the plural of abamectin?
The plural of abamectin is abamectins.

Words near abamectin in the dictionary

  1. abalone
  2. abalones
  3. abaloparatide
  4. Abalos
  5. abambulacral
  6. abamectin
  7. abamectins
  8. abametapir
  9. abamine
  10. abamines
  11. abamp

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