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anticides

anticides is the plural of anticide.

Meaning of anticide

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
    Synonyms:
    formicide

Questions about anticides

What is anticides the plural of?
Anticides is the plural of anticide.

Words near anticides in the dictionary

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

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