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algæcide

algæcide is the archaic form of algicide.

Meaning of algicide

Noun

algicide (countable and uncountable, plural algicides)

  1. A substance that kills, or inhibits the growth of, algae.
    • I add algicide to my aquarium to eliminate the green scum of algae that forms on the glass.

Forms of algæcide

pluralalgæcides

Questions about algæcide

What is algæcide the archaic form of?
Algæcide is the archaic form of algicide.

Words near algæcide in the dictionary

  1. alguazils
  2. algum
  3. algumwood
  4. Algy
  5. algæ
  6. algæcide
  7. algæcides
  8. Alha
  9. alhaji
  10. alhajia
  11. alhajias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: algæcide (page history and authors); algicide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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