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ectoparasiticide

ectoparasiticide noun: any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.

Noun

ectoparasiticide (plural ectoparasiticides)

  1. Any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.

Forms of ectoparasiticide

pluralectoparasiticides

Origin of ectoparasiticide

From ectoparasite + -cide.

Questions about ectoparasiticide

What does ectoparasiticide mean?
Ectoparasiticide means any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.
What part of speech is ectoparasiticide?
Ectoparasiticide is a noun.
What is the plural of ectoparasiticide?
The plural of ectoparasiticide is ectoparasiticides.

Words near ectoparasiticide in the dictionary

  1. ectoparasite
  2. ectoparasites
  3. ectoparasitic
  4. ectoparasitically
  5. ectoparasiticidal
  6. ectoparasiticide
  7. ectoparasiticides
  8. ectoparasitise
  9. ectoparasitised
  10. ectoparasitism
  11. ectoparasitisms

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