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acaricides

acaricides is the plural of acaricide.

Meaning of acaricide

Noun

acaricide (plural acaricides)

  1. Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks).
    • “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four...1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11

Questions about acaricides

What is acaricides the plural of?
Acaricides is the plural of acaricide.

Words near acaricides in the dictionary

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

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