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culicides

culicides is the plural of culicide.

Meaning of culicide

Noun

culicide (countable and uncountable, plural culicides)

  1. 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

Questions about culicides

What is culicides the plural of?
Culicides is the plural of culicide.

Words near culicides in the dictionary

  1. Culiat
  2. culices
  3. culicid
  4. culicidal
  5. culicide
  6. culicides
  7. culicidian
  8. culicidians
  9. culicidological
  10. culicidologist
  11. culicidologists

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