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anticide

anticide noun: a substance that kills ants.

Noun

anticide (countable and uncountable, plural anticides)

  1. A substance that kills ants.
    • Therefore a parathion-treated upland pineapple orchard guarded with anticide throughout the growing seasons showed only negligible pineapple wilt infestation.1959, JCRR General Report, page 64
    • In addition to the common insecticides generally used, various special preparations are known which may be found useful against different kinds of insects, such as roachicides, anticides, culicides, larvicides, etc.1963, Handbook of Economic Entomology for South India, page 98
    Synonyms:
    formicide

Synonyms of anticide

Forms of anticide

pluralanticides

Origin of anticide

From ant + -icide.

Questions about anticide

What does anticide mean?
Anticide means a substance that kills ants.
What part of speech is anticide?
Anticide is a noun.
What is the plural of anticide?
The plural of anticide is anticides.

Words near anticide in the dictionary

  1. antichthons
  2. antichurch
  3. antichurning
  4. antichymotrypsin
  5. antichymotrypsins
  6. anticide
  7. anticides
  8. anticigarette
  9. anticiliary
  10. anticinema
  11. anticinematic

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