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acaricidal

acaricidal adjective: deadly to acarids.

Adjective

acaricidal (comparative more acaricidal, superlative most acaricidal)

  1. Deadly to acarids.

Forms of acaricidal

comparativemore acaricidal
superlativemost acaricidal

Origin of acaricidal

From acaricide + -al (“pertaining to”).

Questions about acaricidal

What does acaricidal mean?
Acaricidal means deadly to acarids.
What part of speech is acaricidal?
Acaricidal is an adjective.

Words near acaricidal in the dictionary

  1. acari
  2. acarian
  3. acarians
  4. acariases
  5. acariasis
  6. acaricidal
  7. acaricide
  8. acaricides
  9. acarid
  10. acaridan
  11. acaridans

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