culicide
culicide noun: any insecticide that kills mosquitos.
Noun
culicide (countable and uncountable, plural culicides)
- Any insecticide that kills mosquitos
- Besides the practical work done by Surgeon Berry at New Orleans, the culicide was used satisfactorily in another part of the city by Surgeon Blue, and after that some experiments were conducted at the Marine Hospital at New Orleans.1906 April 12, “Experiments in the use of culicide for mosquito destruction”, in Engineering News-record, volume 55, page 404
- Pages 3 and 4 dealt with the method of extermination, and appealed to civic pride to reduce this pest to a minimum by killing every mosquito (culex pipiens) seen in the house during the spring, by painting screens with citronella oil, keping^([sic]) premises free from stagnant water, closing rain...1911 June, “[Town and Village] The Doom of Culex Pipiens”, in The American City, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: […] The Civic Press […], page 288, columns 1–2
- Synonyms:
- anophelicide, mosquiticide, mosquitocide
culicide meaning in Tamil
culicide in Tamil
- கொசுக் கொல்லி, கொசுப் பூச்சிக் கொல்லி
Synonyms of culicide
Forms of culicide
| plural | culicides |
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Origin of culicide
From taxonomic name Culex + -cide.
Questions about culicide
- What does culicide mean?
- Culicide means any insecticide that kills mosquitos.
- What is culicide in Tamil?
- Culicide in Tamil is கொசுக் கொல்லி, கொசுப் பூச்சிக் கொல்லி. See Culicide meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is culicide?
- Culicide is a noun.
- What is the plural of culicide?
- The plural of culicide is culicides.
Words near culicide in the dictionary
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