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larvacide

larvacide is the alternative spelling of larvicide.

Meaning of larvicide

Noun

larvicide (plural larvicides)

  1. Any pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect

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Forms of larvacide

plurallarvacides

Origin of larvacide

From larva + -cide.

Words formed from larvacide

Questions about larvacide

What is larvacide the alternative spelling of?
Larvacide is the alternative spelling of larvicide.

Words near larvacide in the dictionary

  1. larva
  2. larvacean
  3. larvaceans
  4. larvaceous
  5. larvacidal
  6. larvacide
  7. larvacides
  8. larvae
  9. larvaesque
  10. larvagenesis
  11. larval

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Adapted from Wiktionary: larvacide (page history and authors); larvicide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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