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attracticide

attracticide noun: a substance that both attracts and kills an organism.

Noun

attracticide (plural attracticides)

  1. A substance that both attracts and kills an organism.

Forms of attracticide

pluralattracticides

Origin of attracticide

From attract + -icide.

Words formed from attracticide

Questions about attracticide

What does attracticide mean?
Attracticide means a substance that both attracts and kills an organism.
What part of speech is attracticide?
Attracticide is a noun.
What is the plural of attracticide?
The plural of attracticide is attracticides.

Words near attracticide in the dictionary

  1. attractee
  2. attractees
  3. attractest
  4. attracteth
  5. attracticidal
  6. attracticide
  7. attracticides
  8. attractile
  9. attractin
  10. attracting
  11. attracting attention

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