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culicifuge

culicifuge noun: an agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.

Noun

culicifuge (plural culicifuges)

  1. An agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.
    • The “treatment” involved coating the exposed arm from the wrist to the elbow with the alleged culicifuge.1919 June 14, “Mosquitoes and Culcifuges”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, page 1770

Forms of culicifuge

pluralculicifuges

Origin of culicifuge

From culicine + -fuge.

Questions about culicifuge

What does culicifuge mean?
Culicifuge means an agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.
What part of speech is culicifuge?
Culicifuge is a noun.
What is the plural of culicifuge?
The plural of culicifuge is culicifuges.

Words near culicifuge in the dictionary

  1. culicidologists
  2. culicidology
  3. culicids
  4. culiciform
  5. culicifugal
  6. culicifuge
  7. culicifuges
  8. culicine
  9. culicines
  10. culicoid
  11. culicoids

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