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bugicides

bugicides is the plural of bugicide.

Meaning of bugicide

Noun

bugicide (countable and uncountable, plural bugicides)

  1. A substance that kills bugs.
    • “Tincture of bugicide,” he thought, would occupy an honored place on the shelves of future druggists, for he was a firm believer in the germ theory.1883 January 10, “The Social at the College of Pharmacy—Profs. Cook and Van Derbeck Lecture”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume CVIII, Philadelphia, Pa., page 2, column 4
  2. (rare) The killing of a bug.
    • It turned out that the Roaches were cockroaches and the girl was found guilty of justifiable “bugicide.”1869 December 16, Reading Times, volume XXIV, number 62, Reading, Pa., column 4

Questions about bugicides

What is bugicides the plural of?
Bugicides is the plural of bugicide.

Words near bugicides in the dictionary

  1. bughouses
  2. Bugi
  3. bugia
  4. bugias
  5. bugicide
  6. bugicides
  7. Buginese
  8. Bugis
  9. bugkind
  10. bugle
  11. bugle player

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