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formicides

formicides is the plural of formicide.

Meaning of formicide

Noun

formicide (countable and uncountable, plural formicides)

  1. A substance that kills ants
    Synonyms:
    anticide
  2. The killing of ants
    • Each category of formicide is driven by an utterly distinct motive. But if you were an ant, you might not care about these fine distinctions.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 599

Questions about formicides

What is formicides the plural of?
Formicides is the plural of formicide.

Words near formicides in the dictionary

  1. formications
  2. formicative
  3. formicatory
  4. formicid
  5. formicide
  6. formicides
  7. formicids
  8. formiciform
  9. formicine
  10. formicines
  11. formicivore

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