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hopperdozer

hopperdozer noun: an appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow box containing kerosene or coated with a sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.

Noun

hopperdozer (plural hopperdozers)

  1. An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow box containing kerosene or coated with a sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.

Forms of hopperdozer

pluralhopperdozers

Origin of hopperdozer

From hopper, as in grasshopper, doze or dose (because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison), + -er.

Questions about hopperdozer

What does hopperdozer mean?
Hopperdozer means an appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow box containing kerosene or coated with a sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.
What part of speech is hopperdozer?
Hopperdozer is a noun.
What is the plural of hopperdozer?
The plural of hopperdozer is hopperdozers.

Words near hopperdozer in the dictionary

  1. hopper wagon
  2. hopper wagons
  3. hopperboy
  4. hopperboys
  5. hopperburn
  6. hopperdozer
  7. hopperdozers
  8. Hopperesque
  9. Hopperian
  10. hopperings
  11. hopperman

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